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subjects. They wanted to chastise King Vena for his misconduct and so prayed to the Almighty Lord as well as cursed the king.
Long life, obedience, good reputation, righteousness, prospects of being promoted to higher planets, and blessings of great personalities are all vanquished simply by disobeying a great soul. One should strictly try to follow in the footsteps of great souls. Mahārāja Vena became a king, undoubtedly due to his past deeds of righteousness, but because he willfully neglected the great souls, he was punished by the loss of all the above-mentioned acquisitions. In the  Vāmana Purāṇa , the history of Mahārāja Vena and his degradation are fully described. When Mahārāja Pṛthu heard about the hellish condition of His father, Vena, who was suffering from leprosy in the family of a  mleccha , he at once brought the former king to Kurukṣetra for his purification and relieved him from all sufferings.
Mahārāja Pṛthu, the incarnation of God, descended by the prayer of the  brāhmaṇas  to restore the disorders on earth. He produced all kinds of crops. But, at the same time, He performed the duty of a son who delivers the father from hellish conditions. The word  putra  means one who delivers from hell, called  put . That is a worthy son.
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नाभेरसान्न्यभ आस सुदेविस्तु-
यो वै चचार समद्दग् जडयोगचर्याम् ।
यत्पारमहंस्यमृषयः पदमामनन्ति
स्वस्थः प्रशान्तकरणः परिमुक्तसङ्गः॥१०॥
nābher asāv ṛṣabha āsa sudevi-sūnur
yo vai cacāra sama-dṛg jaḍa-yoga-caryām
yat pāramahaṁsyam ṛṣayaḥ padam āmananti
svasthaḥ praśānta-karaṇaḥ parimukta-saṅgaḥ
nābheḥ —by Mahārāja Nābhi;  asau —the Personality of Godhead;  ṛṣabhaḥ —Rṣabha;  āsa —became;  sudevi —Sudevī;  sūnuḥ —the son of;  yaḥ —who;  vai —certainly;  cacāra —performed;  sama-dṛk —equibalanced;  jaḍa —material;  yoga-caryām —performance of  yoga ;  yat —which;  pāramahaṁsyam —the highest stage of perfection;  ṛṣayaḥ —the learned sages;  padam —situation;  āmananti —do accept;  svasthaḥ —self-reposed;  praśānta —suspended;  karaṇaḥ —the material senses;  parimukta —perfectly liberated;  saṅgaḥ —material contamination.