Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 18: Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.18.30

athāsmin bhagavān vainyaḥ

prajānāḿ vṛttidaḥ pitā

nivāsān kalpayāḿ cakre

tatra tatra yathārhataḥ

SYNONYMS

atha — thus; asmin — on this planet earth; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; vainyaḥ — son of Vena; prajānām — of the citizens; vṛttidaḥ — who supplies employment; pitāa father; nivāsān — residences; kalpayām — suitable; cakremake; tatra tatra — here and there; yathāas; arhataḥ — desirable, suitable.

TRANSLATION

To all the citizens of the state, King Pṛthu was as good as a father. Thus he was visibly engaged in giving them proper subsistence and proper employment for subsistence. After leveling the surface of the globe, he earmarked different places for residential quarters, inasmuch as they were desirable.

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