Manvantaras : The Milking of the Earth - Verse 148-149

Then the subjects hurried and flocked round (literally) the blessed son of Vena saying, “As per promise of the great sages you make arrangements for our livelihood. On being hustled by the subjects, the powerful ( king Pj-thu) , with the desire to perform what was beneficent to the subjects, took up his bow and arrows and rushed at Vasudhd (the Earth). Being afraid of being hit, the Earth assumed the form of a cow and fled.