🪷 ŚB 4.17.9
Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
मैत्रेय उवाच
यदाभिषिक्त: पृथुरङ्ग विप्रै-रामन्त्रितो जनतायाश्च पाल: । प्रजा निरन्ने क्षितिपृष्ठ एत्यक्षुत्क्षामदेहा: पतिमभ्यवोचन् ॥ ९ ॥
Transliteration
maitreya uvāca
yadābhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur aṅga viprair
āmantrito janatāyāś ca pālaḥ
prajā niranne kṣiti-pṛṣṭha etya
kṣut-kṣāma-dehāḥ patim abhyavocan
Synonyms
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya said; yadā — when; abhiṣiktaḥ — was enthroned; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; aṅga — my dear Vidura; vipraiḥ — by the brāhmaṇas; āmantritaḥ — was declared; janatāyāḥ — of the people; ca — also; pālaḥ — the protector; prajāḥ — the citizens; niranne — being without food grains; kṣiti-pṛṣṭhe — the surface of the globe; etya — coming near; kṣut — by hunger; kṣāma — skinny; dehāḥ — their bodies; patim — to the protector; abhyavocan — they said.
Translation
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, at the time King Pṛthu was enthroned by the great sages and brāhmaṇas and declared to be the protector of the citizens, there was a scarcity of food grains. The citizens actually became skinny due to starvation. Therefore they came before the King and informed him of their real situation.
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