🪷 ŚB 4.21.9

source-text page · source page 9 · Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, translation

Sanskrit

विदुर उवाच सोऽभिषिक्त: पृथुर्विप्रैर्लब्धाशेषसुरार्हण: । बिभ्रत् स वैष्णवं तेजो बाह्वोर्याभ्यां दुदोह गाम् ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

vidura uvāca so ’bhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur viprair labdhāśeṣa-surārhaṇaḥ bibhrat sa vaiṣṇavaṁ tejo bāhvor yābhyāṁ dudoha gām
Synonyms
viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura said; saḥ — he (King Pṛthu); abhiṣiktaḥ — when enthroned; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; vipraiḥ — by the great sages and brāhmaṇas; labdha — achieved; aśeṣa — innumerable; sura-arhaṇaḥ — presentations by the demigods; bibhrat — expanding; saḥ — he; vaiṣṇavam — who has received through Lord Viṣṇu; tejaḥ — strength; bāhvoḥ — arms; yābhyām — by which; dudoha — exploited; gām — the earth.

Translation

Vidura said: My dear brāhmaṇa Maitreya, it is very enlightening to understand that King Pṛthu was enthroned by the great sages and brāhmaṇas. All the demigods presented him with innumerable gifts, and he also expanded his influence upon personally receiving strength from Lord Viṣṇu. Thus he greatly developed the earth.

🪷 ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय 🪷