Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 3


Sanskrit:

विदुर उवाचकस्माद्दधार गोरूपं धरित्री बहुरूपिणी । यां दुदोह पृथुस्तत्र को वत्सो दोहनं च किम् ॥ ३ ॥

ITRANS:

vidura uvācakasmād dadhāra go-rūpaṁdharitrī bahu-rūpiṇīyāṁ dudoha pṛthus tatrako vatso dohanaṁ ca kim

Translation:

Vidura inquired from the great sage Maitreya: My dear brāhmaṇa, since mother earth can appear in different shapes, why did she take the shape of a cow? And when King Pṛthu milked her, who became the calf, and what was the milking pot?

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