Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.22.17

maitreya uvāca

prithos tat sūktam ākarnya

sāram sushthu mitam madhu

smayamāna iva prītyā

kumārah pratyuvāca ha

SYNONYMS

maitreyah uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; prithoh — of King Prithu; tat — that; sūktam — Vedic conclusion; ākarnya — hearing; sāram — very substantial; sushthu — appropriate; mitam — minimized; madhu — sweet to hear; smayamānah — smiling; iva — like; prītyā — out of great satisfaction; kumārah — celibate; pratyuvāca — replied; ha — thus.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya continued: Thus Sanat-kumāra, the best of the celibates, after hearing the speech of Prithu Mahārāja, which was meaningful, appropriate, full of precise words and very sweet to hear, smiled with full satisfaction and began to speak as follows.

PURPORT

Prithu Mahārāja's talks before the Kumāras were very laudable because of so many qualifications. A speech should be composed of selected words, very sweet to hear and appropriate to the situation. Such speech is called meaningful. All these good qualifications are present in Prithu Mahārāja's speech because he is a perfect devotee. It is said, yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair gunais tatra samāsate surāh: "For one who has unflinching devotional faith in the Supreme Personality of Godhead and is engaged in His service, all good qualities become manifest in his person." (Bhāg. 5.18.12) Thus the Kumāras were very much pleased, and Sanat-kumāra began to speak as follows.

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