अपर्तावपि भद्रं ते उपावर्तेत मे विभो ॥११॥
samÄá¹ ca kuru mÄá¹ rÄjan
deva-vṛṣá¹aá¹ yathÄ payaḥ
apartÄv api bhadraá¹ te
upÄvarteta me vibho
samÄm - equally level; ca - also; kuru - make; mÄm - me; rÄjan - O King; deva-vṛṣá¹am - fallen as rain by the mercy of King Indra; yathÄ - so that; payaḥ - water; apa-á¹›tau - when the rainy season has ceased; api - even; bhadram - auspiciousness; te - unto you; upÄvarteta - it can remain; me - on me; vibho - O Lord.
My dear King, may I inform you that you have to make the entire surface of the globe level. This will help me, even when the rainy season has ceased. Rainfall comes by the mercy of King Indra. Rainfall will remain on the surface of the globe, always keeping the earth moistened, and thus it will be auspicious for all kinds of production.
King Indra of the heavenly planets is in charge of throwing thunderbolts and giving rainfall. Generally thunderbolts are thrown on the tops of hills in order to break them to pieces. As these pieces are spread asunder in due course of time, the surface of the globe gradually becomes fit for agriculture. Level land is especially conducive to the production of grain. Thus the planet earth requested MahÄrÄja Pá¹›thu to level the surface of the earth, breaking up the high land and mountains.
