Matsyapurana 10.26
Matsyapurāṇa 10.26
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- Sanskrit
10.26
auṣadhāni ca divyāni dogdhā merurmahācalaḥ
vatso 'bhūddhimavāṃs tatra pātraṃ śailamayaṃ punaḥ //
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.
Translations (2)
- The Matsya Puranam — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation