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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 1.12.15
rājānam praśrayānvitam
purūnām pauravarshabha
SYNONYMS
tam — unto him; ūcuh — addressed; brāhmanāh — the learned brāhmanas; tushtāh — very much satisfied; rājānam — unto the King; praśraya-anvitam — very much obliging; eshah — this; hi — certainly; asmin — in the chain of; prajā-tantau — descending line; purūnām — of the Pūrus; paurava-rishabha — the chief among the Pūrus.
TRANSLATION
The learned brāhmanas, who were very satisfied with the charities of the King, addressed him as the chief amongst the Pūrus and informed him that his son was certainly in the line of descent from the Pūrus.
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