Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.20.23

pitary uparate so 'pi

cakravarti maha-yasah

mahima giyate tasya

harer amsa-bhuvo bhuvi

SYNONYMS

pitari -- after his father; uparate -- passed away; sah -- the King's son; api -- also; cakravarti -- the emperor; maha-yasah -- very famous; mahima -- glories; giyate -- are glorified; tasya -- his; hareh -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; amsa-bhuvah -- a partial representation; bhuvi -- upon this earth.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: When Maharaja Dushmanta passed away from this earth, his son became the emperor of the world, the proprietor of the seven islands. He is referred to as a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this world.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (10.41) it is said:

yad yad vibhutimat sattvam

srimad urjitam eva va

tat tad evavagaccha tvam

mama tejo 'msa-sambhavam

Anyone extraordinarily powerful must be considered a partial representation of the opulence of the Supreme Godhead. Therefore when the son of Maharaja Dushmanta became the emperor of the entire world, he was celebrated in this way.

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