| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 15: King Prithu's Appearance and Coronation |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.15.21
stavakams tan abhipretya
prithur vainyah pratapavan
SYNONYMS
stavakan -- engaged in offering prayers; tan -- those persons; abhipretya -- seeing, understanding; prithuh -- King Prithu; vainyah -- son of Vena; pratapa-van -- greatly powerful; megha-nirhradaya -- as grave as the thundering of clouds; vaca -- with a voice; prahasan -- smiling; idam -- this; abravit -- he spoke.
TRANSLATION
Thus when the greatly powerful King Prithu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.
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