Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for MankindChapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.35

vavarsha kāmān anyeshām

parjanya iva dehinām

dhanyam yaśasyam āyushyam

kumārasya mahā-manāh

SYNONYMS

vavarsha — showered, gave in charity; kāmān — all desirable things; anyeshām — of others; parjanyaha cloud; iva — like; dehinām — of all living entities; dhanyam — with the desire for an increase of opulence; yaśasyaman increase of reputation; āyushyam — and an increase of the duration of life; kumārasya — of the newly born child; mahā-manāh — the beneficent King Citraketu.

TRANSLATION

As a cloud indiscriminately pours water on the earth, the beneficent King Citraketu, to increase the reputation, opulence and longevity of his son, distributed like rainfall all desirable things to everyone.

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