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Matsyapurana 10.23

Matsyapurāṇa 10.23

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Sanskrit

10.23

pretarakṣogaṇairdugdhā dharā rudhiramulbaṇam
raupyanābho 'bhavaddogdhā sumālī vatsa eva tu //

The Pretâs and Râkṣasas, making Sumâli the calf and Raupya the milkman, drew out the stream of blood. The Gandharvas and Apsaras made Chaitrarath the calf and Vararuchi the milkman and got out on a lotus-leaf various kinds of fragrance, and the mountains obtained several kinds of precious gems and medicinal herbs which they extracted in the foot of hill ranges, after making the Mount Himâlaya the calf and the Mount Sumeru the milkman. The trees also in their turn took out the power of regerminating even after being lopped, in a leaf of Palâsa (Butea frondosa), after making Shâla (Shorea robusta) the milkman and the figtree the calf. In the same way, every one who milked the earth got the "fruit" he wished for.

A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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