Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.18.28

tato mahīpatiḥ prītaḥ

sarva-kāma-dughāḿ pṛthuḥ

duhitṛtve cakāremāḿ

premṇā duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ

SYNONYMS

tataḥ — thereafter; mahī-patiḥ — the King; prītaḥ — being pleased; sarva-kāma — all desirables; dughām — producing as milk; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; duhitṛtve — treating as his daughter; cakāra — did; imām — unto the planet earth; premṇā — out of affection; duhitṛ-vatsalaḥ — affectionate to his daughter.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter King Pṛthu was very satisfied with the planet earth, for she sufficiently supplied all food to various living entities. Thus he developed an affection for the planet earth, just as if she were his own daughter.

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