सत्याशिषो दक्षकन्याः सरिद्भिः ।
यस्य प्रजानां दुदुहे धराशिषो
निराशिषो गुणवत्सस्नुतोधाः ॥१०॥
yam abhyaá¹£iñcan parayÄ mudÄ satīḥ
satyÄÅ›iá¹£o daká¹£a-kanyÄḥ saridbhiḥ
yasya prajÄnÄá¹ duduhe dharÄÅ›iá¹£o
nirÄÅ›iá¹£o guṇa-vatsa-snutodhÄḥ
yam - whom; abhyaá¹£iñcan - bathed; parayÄ - with great; mudÄ - satisfaction; satīḥ - all chaste and devoted to their husbands; satya - true; ÄÅ›iá¹£aḥ - whose blessings; daká¹£a-kanyÄḥ - the daughters of King Daká¹£a; saridbhiḥ - with sanctified water; yasya - whose; prajÄnÄm - of the citizens; duduhe - fulfilled; dharÄ - the planet earth; ÄÅ›iá¹£aḥ - of all desires; nirÄÅ›iá¹£aḥ - although personally having no desire; guṇa-vatsa-snuta-udhÄḥ - earth becoming like a cow whose udders flowed upon seeing Gaya's qualities in ruling over the citizens.
All the chaste and honest daughters of MahÄrÄja Daká¹£a, such as ÅšraddhÄ, MaitrÄ« and DayÄ, whose blessings were always effective, bathed MahÄrÄja Gaya with sanctified water. Indeed, they were very satisfied with MahÄrÄja Gaya. The planet earth personified came as a cow, and, as though she saw her calf, she delivered milk profusely when she saw all the good qualities of MahÄrÄja Gaya. In other words, MahÄrÄja Gaya was able to derive all benefits from the earth and thus satisfy the desires of his citizens. However, he personally had no desire.
The earth over which MahÄrÄja Gaya ruled is compared to a cow. The good qualities whereby he maintained and ruled the citizens are compared to the calf. A cow delivers milk in the presence of her calf; similarly the cow, or earth, fulfilled the desires of MahÄrÄja Gaya, who was able to utilize all the resources of the earth to benefit his citizens. This was possible because he was bathed in sanctified water by the honest daughters of Daká¹£a. Unless a king or ruler is blessed by authorities, he cannot rule the citizens very satisfactorily. Through the good qualities of the ruler, the citizens become very happy and well qualified.
