Prakriya Pada Adhyaya 37 Shloka 1 - Brahmanda Purana | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Pṛthivī-dohaṇa (The Milking of the Earth) and the Praise of King Pṛthu

Devanagari script

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते पूर्वभागे द्वितीये ऽनुषङ्ग पादे शेषमन्वन्तराश्यानं पृथिवीदोहनं च नाम षट्त्रिंशत्तमो ऽध्यायः सूत उवाच आसीदिह समुद्रान्ता वसुधेति यथा श्रुतम् / वसु धत्ते यतस्तस्माद्वसुधा सेति गीयते

Transliteration

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅga pāde śeṣamanvantarāśyānaṃ pṛthivīdohanaṃ ca nāma ṣaṭtriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ sūta uvāca āsīdiha samudrāntā vasudheti yathā śrutam / vasu dhatte yatastasmādvasudhā seti gīyate

Translation

इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डमहापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते पूर्वभागे द्वितीयेऽनुषङ्गपादे ‘शेषमन्वन्तराश्यानं पृथिवीदोहनं च’ नाम षट्त्रिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः। सूत उवाच—इह वसुधा समुद्रान्ता आसीदिति यथा श्रुतम्; यतो वसु धत्ते तस्माद् ‘वसुधा’ इति गीयते।

Word by Word

itithus

śrī-brahmāṇḍein the Śrī-Brahmāṇḍa (Purāṇa)

mahā-purāṇein the Mahāpurāṇa

vāyu-proktespoken by Vāyu

pūrva-bhāgein the former section

dvitīyein the second

anuṣaṅgaAnuṣaṅga (supplement)

pādein the pāda/quarter (section)

śeṣa-manvantara-āśyānam(the topic of) the remaining manvantaras’ narration

pṛthivī-dohanamthe milking of the Earth

caand

nāmanamed

ṣaṭ-triṃśattamaḥthirty-sixth

adhyāyaḥchapter

sūtaḥSūta

uvācasaid

āsītwas

ihahere

samudra-antābounded by the ocean

vasudhāthe Earth

itithus (as called)

yathāas

śrutamheard (in tradition)

vasuwealth; riches

dhatteholds; bears

yataḥbecause; since

tasmātfrom that; therefore

vasudhāVasudhā (Earth)

sāshe

itithus

gīyateis sung/called