Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.18.27
Poṣaṇa· The Lord's protectionVarious Foods Are Symbolized as Milk
“My dear Vidura, chief of the Kurus, in this way King Pṛthu and all the others who subsist on food created different types of calves and milked out their respective eatables. Thus they received their various foodstuffs, which were symbolized as milk.”
What the purport teaches
- King Pṛthu and the others who subsist on food milked the earth for their respective eatables.
- They created different kinds of calves to obtain their food. The arrangements differed among those receiving it.
- The various foodstuffs they received are symbolized as milk. Here, milk refers to more than a single kind of food.
Try this today
Reread the translation and identify what the word milk represents.
Ask yourself
How does understanding milk as a symbol help me read this account more clearly?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.