Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth OrderChapter 22: Prithu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.22.61

kandarpa iva saundarye

manasvī mriga-rād iva

vātsalye manuvan nrinām

prabhutve bhagavān ajah

SYNONYMS

kandarpah — Cupid; iva — like; saundaryein beauty; manasvīin thoughtfulness; mriga-rāt iva — like the king of the animals, the lion; vātsalyein affection; manu-vat — like Svāyambhuva Manu; nrinām — of human society; prabhutvein the matter of controlling; bhagavān — the lord; ajahBrahmā.

TRANSLATION

In his bodily beauty he was just like Cupid, and in his thoughtfulness he was like a lion. In his affection he was just like Svāyambhuva Manu, and in his ability to control he was like Lord Brahmā.

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