Devanagari
यत्र धर्मदुघा भूमि: सर्वकामदुघा सती ।
दोग्धि स्माभीप्सितानर्थान् यजमानस्य भारत ॥ ७ ॥
Verse text
yatra dharma-dughā bhūmiḥ
sarva-kāma-dughā satī
dogdhi smābhīpsitān arthān
yajamānasya bhārata
Synonyms
yatra
—
where
;
dharma
—
dughā — producing sufficient milk for religiosity
;
bhūmiḥ
—
the land
;
sarva
—
kāma — all desires
;
dughā
—
yielding as milk
;
satī
—
the cow
;
dogdhi sma
—
fulfilled
;
abhīpsitān
—
desirable
;
arthān
—
objects
;
yajamānasya
—
of the sacrificer
;
bhārata
—
my dear Vidura .
Translation
My dear Vidura, in that great sacrifice the entire land came to be like the milk-producing kāma-dhenu, and thus, by the performance of yajṣa, all daily necessities for life were supplied.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Vidura! At that sacrifice, the pure earth, yielding all desirable things, yielding dharma, offered all desired objects to Pṛthu.
Purport
In this verse the word
dharma-dughā
is significant, for it indicates
kāma-dhenu.
Kāma-dhenu
is also known as
surabhi.
Surabhi
cows inhabit the spiritual world, and, as stated in
Brahma-saṁhitā,
Lord Kṛṣṇa is engaged in tending these cows:
surabhīr abhipālayantam.
One can milk a
surabhi
cow as often as one likes, and the cow will deliver as much milk as one requires. Milk, of course, is necessary for the production of so many milk products, especially clarified butter, which is required for the performance of great sacrifices. Unless we are prepared to perform the prescribed sacrifices, our supply of the necessities of life will be checked.
Bhagavad-gītā
confirms that Lord Brahmā created human society along with
yajṣa,
the performance of sacrifice.
Yajṣa
means Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and sacrifice means working for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this age, however, it is very difficult to find qualified
brāhmaṇas
who can perform sacrifices as prescribed in the
Vedas.
Therefore it is recommended in
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
(
yajṣaiḥ saṅkīrtana-prāyaiḥ
) that by performing
saṅkīrtana-yajṣa
and by satisfying the
yajṣa-puruṣa,
Lord Caitanya, one can derive all the results derived by great sacrifices in the past. King Pṛthu and others derived all the necessities of life from the earthly planet by performing great sacrifices. Now this
saṅkīrtana
movement has already been started by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. People should take advantage of this great sacrifice and join in the Society’s activities; then there will be no scarcity. If
saṅkīrtana-yajṣa
is performed, there will be no difficulty, not even in industrial enterprises. Therefore this system should be introduced in all spheres of life — social, political, industrial, commercial, etc. Then everything will run very peacefully and smoothly.