New Delhi. Today is ‘World Earth Day’ i.e. world earth day, although there are some rote things about this day, which have been ingrained in our minds since childhood through books and speeches that the beginning of celebrating this day was in 1970, The day was first started by US Senator Gaynord Nelson as an environmental education. A year before 1970, in 1969, many people were hurt in the tragedy caused by the oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, and they decided to work towards environmental protection, after Nelson’s call on April 22, about 20 million Americans. participated in the first event of Earth Day. This is all that rote learning that we and you have been listening to since childhood, but the center of every important event in the world is not the western country, but our country India has been involved in the protection of the environment and the earth since ages in its lifestyle. Is. There is a mention of such a great king in our mythological history, who not only made the earth habitable and fertile, but also gave such formulas on which the problems related to the earth can be solved even today. Today we are going to tell you about the same king. In Sanatan Dharma, the earth has been given the status of mother. Because it is the earth which, like a mother, nurtures us like a child with all the materials produced within her.
The earth is also worshiped on many special occasions. Even before setting foot on earth in the morning, a special mantra is spoken and forgiveness is also sought from him. Many stories related to the earth have been told in the mythological texts too. One such story is also of King Prithu. Prithvi is also said to be the daughter of King Prithu. According to the Srimadbhavagat text, King Prithu is considered to be one of the 24 incarnations of Lord Vishnu. According to mythology, when Lord Varaha took the earth out of the sea, this earth remained rough for a long time. No agricultural work could be done on it, then at the beginning of Tretayuga Prithu was born, his father’s name was ‘Ven’. Everything was in disarray during his reign. Rishi Muni used to be unhappy with his behavior. The sages then invoked a kusha and killed Ven and churned his arm, before which a black male appeared, called Kevat. After this Prithu was born. Prithu himself was an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The sages accepted him as the first king of the earth. At that time, due to the misrule of Ven, the production of grain in the earth had stopped and no vegetation of any kind grew. Then King Prithu made the governance system karma-oriented and inspired people to take up farming.
At that time there were no rivers, ponds etc. King Prithu, along with leveling the earth, determined places for places like rivers, ponds and inspired people to take up farming. King Prithu also laid the foundation stone of the social system. Prithu accepted the earth as his daughter and named it ‘Prithvi’. In this way agriculture and social system started in the world. After becoming the king, Prithu took the promise of serving the subjects according to religion, without any discrimination. King Prathu also gave the world the formulas like balanced consumption of the earth and using the natural resources of the earth according to the need so that the coming generations do not exploit the earth. But in today’s era, all of us are witnessing the indiscriminate exploitation of the earth, which is causing great harm to nature.