### SB 4.22.1

> मैत्रेय उवाच\
> जनेषु प्रगृणत्स्वेवं पृथुं पृथुलविक्रमम् ।\
> तत्रोपजग्मुर्मुनयश्चत्वारः सूर्यवर्चसः ॥१॥

> maitreya uvāca\
> janeṣu pragṛṇatsv evaṁ\
> pṛthuṁ pṛthula-vikramam\
> tatropajagmur munayaś\
> catvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ

*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.

**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.**