Verse 12

¹²Taking up this speech of the earth, kind and good for him, the king made Manu the calf and milked all the plants into his own hand. ¹³So too others who are wise draw the essence from everywhere. Then others milked her, each as he wished, once Prthu had made her ready. ¹⁴Best of the good, the sages made Brhaspati the calf and milked the goddess into their senses, and the milk was clean and made of the metres. ¹⁵The hosts of the gods made Indra the calf and milked out soma into a golden vessel, and the milk was manhood and vigour and strength. ¹⁶The Daityas and Danavas made Prahlada, bull among the demons, their calf, and milked out into an iron vessel milk that was strong drink.

¹⁷The gandharvas and apsarases made Visvavasu the calf and milked into a lotus vessel milk that was song and sweetness and beauty. ¹⁸The fathers, greatly favoured, who are the gods of the offering for the dead, made Aryaman the calf and milked with faith the food of the dead into an unbaked vessel.