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| Canto 4: Creation of the Fourth Order | Chapter 22: Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.22.1
maitreya uvāca
janeṣu pragṛṇatsv evaḿ
pṛthuḿ pṛthula-vikramam
tatropajagmur munayaś
catvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ
SYNONYMS
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; janeṣu — the citizens; pragṛṇatsu — while praying for; evam — thus; pṛthum — unto Mahārāja Pṛthu; pṛthula — highly; vikramam — powerful; tatra — there; upajagmuḥ — arrived; munayaḥ — the Kumāras; catvāraḥ — four; sūrya — as the sun; varcasaḥ — bright.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya said: While the citizens were thus praying to the most powerful King Pṛthu, the four Kumāras, who were as bright as the sun, arrived on the spot.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness