इति प्रियं हितं वाक्यं भुव आदाय भूपति: । वत्सं कृत्वा मनुं पाणावदुहत्सकलौषधी: ॥ १२ ॥
iti priyam hitam vakyam bhuva adaya bhupatih vatsam krtva manum panav aduhat sakalausadhih
- iti
- thus
- priyam
- pleasing
- hitam
- beneficial
- vakyam
- words
- bhuvah
- of the earth
- adaya
- taking into consideration
- bhu-patih
- the King
- vatsam
- calf
- krtva
- making
- manum
- Svayambhuva Manu
- panau
- in his hands
- aduhat
- milked
- sakala
- all
- osadhih
- herbs and grains.
After hearing the auspicious and pleasing words of the plane earth, the King accepted them. He then transformed Svayambhuva Manu into a calf and milked all the herbs and grains from the earth in the form of a cow, keeping them in his cupped hands.