Finally she told him, why she was not giving food, “Lord Brahma had blessed me with all these seeds, but as selfish people were exploiting me, I had hidden them all within. Now they are all dissolved deep inside. You are so efficient and hence, you can extract them from me as a milk man milks a cow with the help of her calf”.

Thus, Prithu milked mother Earth with the help of Swayambhoo Manu as “calf” and got all kinds of grains and seeds for food. Now, all groups of people extracted the essence of what they wanted with the help of their chief. Some of them were the Rishis who got the milk of Vedas through Sage Brihaspathy, Devas who got the milk of Amrith through Indra and so on. Snakes though Thakshaka got the milk of poison!

Prithu was so pleased with Bhoomi Devi that he pampered her like his own daughter. Thus she became Prithvi, named after the great king Prithu.

Next, we will see the scientific ways this noble king adopted in farming in the coming session.

(Bhagavatham 4.17.10 – 4.18.28)

Note – again and again, Prithu sets himself as an example of an ideal ruler with an unbiased approach towards justice.