एकस्यार्थे तु यो हन्याद् आत्मनो वा परस्य वा बहून् वा प्राणिनो ऽनन्तं भवेत् तस्येह पातकम्
If, for the sake of one, whether oneself or another, or for many living beings, one kills, endless sin accrues to him here.
सुखम् एधन्ति बहवो यस्मिंस् तु निहते ऽशुभे तस्मिन् हते नास्ति भद्रे पातकं चोपपातकम्
If, by killing one wicked being, many prosper, then there is no sin, nor even minor fault, in slaying that evil one.
सो ऽहं प्रजानिमित्तं त्वां हनिष्यामि वसुंधरे यदि मे वचनान् नाद्य करिष्यसि जगद्धितम्
Therefore, for the sake of the people, I will slay you, O earth, if today you do not act for the good of the world as I command.
त्वां निहत्याद्य बाणेन मच्छासनपराङ्मुखीम् आत्मानं प्रथयित्वाहं प्रजा धारयिता स्वयम्
Having slain you today with an arrow, since you disregard my command, I myself will make my name renowned and sustain the people.
सा त्वं शासनम् आस्थाय मम धर्मभृतां वरे संजीवय प्रजाः सर्वाः समर्था ह्य् असि धारणे
Therefore, you, upholding my command, best among the upholders of righteousness, revive all beings; for you are indeed capable of sustaining them.
दुहितृत्वं च मे गच्छ तत एनम् अहं शरम् नियच्छेयं त्वद्वधार्थम् उद्यन्तं घोरदर्शनम्
And become my daughter; then I would restrain this terrible and fearsome dart, which has arisen for the purpose of killing you.
सर्वम् एतद् अहं वीर विधास्यामि न संशयः वत्सं तु मम संपश्य क्षरेयं येन वत्सला
All this, O hero, I shall accomplish—there is no doubt; but see my calf, O loving one, for whose sake I might perish.
समां च कुरु सर्वत्र मां त्वं धर्मभृतां वर यथा विस्यन्दमानं मे क्षीरं सर्वत्र भावयेत्
And make me equal everywhere, O best of the righteous; so that my milk may flow and be present everywhere.
तत उत्सारयाम् आस शैलाञ् शतसहस्रशः धनुष्कोट्या तदा वैण्यस् तेन शैला विवर्धिताः
Then, with the tip of his bow, Vainya drove away mountains by the hundred-thousand, and by him those mountains grew.
नहि पूर्वविसर्गे वै विषमे पृथिवीतले संविभागः पुराणां वा ग्रामाणां वाभवत् तदा
For, in the previous creation, on the uneven surface of the earth, there was no division then of ancient lands or villages.
न सस्यानि न गोरक्ष्यं न कृषिर् न वणिक्पथः नैव सत्यानृतं चासीन् न लोभो न च मत्सरः
There were no crops, no cattle-keeping, no agriculture, no trade routes; neither truth nor falsehood existed, nor greed, nor envy.
वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे तस्मिन् सांप्रतं समुपस्थिते वैण्यात् प्रभृति वै विप्राः सर्वस्यैतस्य संभवः
When the interval of Vaivasvata arrived, O Brāhmaṇas, from Vainya onward, the origin of all this began.
यत्र यत्र समं त्व् अस्या भूमेर् आसीत् तदा द्विजाः तत्र तत्र प्रजाः सर्वा निवासं समरोचयन्
Wherever on this earth there was equality, O twice-born, there all beings chose to dwell.
आहारः फलमूलानि प्रजानाम् अभवत् तदा कृच्छ्रेण महता युक्त इत्य् एवम् अनुशुश्रुम
At that time, the food of the people was fruits and roots, obtained with great difficulty—so we have heard.
स कल्पयित्वा वत्सं तु मनुं स्वायंभुवं प्रभुम् स्वपाणौ पुरुषव्याघ्रो दुदोह पृथिवीं ततः
Then, having appointed Manu Svāyambhuva, the lord, as the calf, the tiger among men milked the earth with his own hand.
सस्यजातानि सर्वाणि पृथुर् वैण्यः प्रतापवान् तेनान्नेन प्रजाः सर्वा वर्तन्ते ऽद्यापि सर्वशः
All kinds of crops were produced by Pṛthu, son of Vena, the mighty; by that food, all beings continue to subsist even now, entirely.
ऋषयश् च तदा देवाः पितरो ऽथ सरीसृपाः दैत्या यक्षाः पुण्यजना गन्धर्वाः पर्वता नगाः
Then, the seers, the gods, the ancestors, the reptiles, the demons, the yakṣas, the virtuous beings, the gandharvas, the mountains, and the trees—
एते पुरा द्विजश्रेष्ठा दुदुहुर् धरणीं किल क्षीरं वत्सश् च पात्रं च तेषां दोग्धा पृथक् पृथक्
These, O best of Brāhmaṇas, once milked the earth indeed; for them, there was a calf and a vessel, and each had a separate milker.
ऋषीणाम् अभवत् सोमो वत्सो दोग्धा बृहस्पतिः क्षीरं तेषां तपो ब्रह्म पात्रं छन्दांसि भो द्विजाः
For the seers, Soma was the calf, Bṛhaspati the milker; their milk was austerity, Brahman, and the vessel was the Vedas, O Brāhmaṇas.
देवानां काञ्चनं पात्रं वत्सस् तेषां शतक्रतुः क्षीरम् ओजस्करं चैव दोग्धा च भगवान् रविः
For the gods, the vessel was gold, their calf was Indra; their milk was vigor, and the milker was the blessed Sun.
पितॄणां राजतं पात्रं यमो वत्सः प्रतापवान् अन्तकश् चाभवद् दोग्धा क्षीरं तेषां सुधा स्मृता
For the ancestors, the vessel was silver, Yama, the mighty, was the calf, Antaka was the milker, and their milk is said to be nectar.
नागानां तक्षको वत्सः पात्रं चालाबुसंज्ञकम् दोग्धा त्व् ऐरावतो नागस् तेषां क्षीरं विषं स्मृतम्
For the serpents, Takṣaka was the calf, the vessel was called Alābu; Airāvata, the serpent, was the milker, and their milk is said to be poison.
असुराणां मधुर् दोग्धा क्षीरं मायामयं स्मृतम् विरोचनस् तु वत्सो ऽभूद् आयसं पात्रम् एव च
Among the Asuras, the cowherd was the Sweet One; the milk is said to be illusory in nature. Virocana was the calf, and the vessel was of iron.
यक्षाणाम् आमपात्रं तु वत्सो वैश्रवणः प्रभुः दोग्धा रजतनाभस् तु क्षीरान्तर्धानम् एव च
For the Yakshas, the vessel was unbaked clay; the mighty Vaishravana was the calf. The milker was of silver hue, and the milk was hidden away.
सुमाली राक्षसेन्द्राणां वत्सः क्षीरं च शोणितम् दोग्धा रजतनाभस् तु कपालं पात्रम् एव च
Sumali was the calf among the Rakshasa lords, and their milk was blood. The milker was of silver hue, and the vessel was a skull.
गन्धर्वाणां चित्ररथो वत्सः पात्रं च पङ्कजम् दोग्धा च सुरुचिः क्षीरं तेषां गन्धः शुचिः स्मृतः
For the Gandharvas, Citraratha was the calf, the vessel was a lotus, and Suruchi was the milker; their milk is remembered as pure fragrance.
शैलं पात्रं पर्वतानां क्षीरं रत्नौषधीस् तथा वत्सस् तु हिमवान् आसीद् दोग्धा मेरुर् महागिरिः
For the mountains, the vessel was stone, and the milk was precious herbs and gems; Himavan was the calf, and Meru, the great mountain, was the milker.
प्लक्षो वत्सस् तु वृक्षाणां दोग्धा शालस् तु पुष्पितः पालाशपात्रं क्षीरं च च्छिन्नदग्धप्ररोहणम्
Among the trees, Plaksha was the calf, the blossoming Shala was the milker, the vessel was the leaf of the Palasha, and the milk was the sprouts that had been cut, burned, or regrown.
सेयं धात्री विधात्री च पावनी च वसुंधरा चराचरस्य सर्वस्य प्रतिष्ठा योनिर् एव च
This Earth is the supporter, the creator, and the purifier; she is the foundation and womb of all that moves and does not move.
सर्वकामदुघा दोग्ध्री सर्वसस्यप्ररोहणी आसीद् इयं समुद्रान्ता मेदिनी परिविश्रुता
She became the cow who yields all desires and causes all crops to grow; this earth, extending to the ocean, is renowned everywhere.