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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 15 ]
megha-nirhrādayā vācā
prahasann idam abravīt
stāvakān —engaged in offering prayers;  tān —those persons;  abhipretya —seeing, understanding;  pṛthuḥ —King Pṛthu;  vainyaḥ —son of Vena;  pratāpavān —greatly powerful;  megha-nirhrādayā —as grave as the thundering of clouds;  vācā —with a voice;  prahasan —smiling;  idam —this;  abravīt —he spoke.
TRANSLATION
Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.
TEXT 22
पृथुरुवाच
भोः सूत हे मागध सौम्य वन्दि-
ल्लोकेऽधुनास्पष्टगुणस्य मे स्यात् ।
किमाश्रयो मे स्तव एष योज्यतां
मा मग्यभूवन् वितथा गिरो वः ॥२२॥
pṛthur uvāca
bhoḥ sūta he māgadha saumya vandil
loke 'dhunāspaṣṭa-guṇasya me syāt
kim āśrayo me stava eṣa yojyatām
mā mayy abhūvan vitathā giro vaḥ
pṛthuḥ uvāca —King Pṛthu said;  bhoḥ sūta —O  sūta ;  he māgadha —O  māgadha ;  saumya —gentle;  vandin —O devotee offering prayers;  loke —in this world;  adhunā —just now;  aspaṣṭa —not distinct;  guṇasya —whose qualities;  me —of me;  syāt —there may be;  kim —why;  āśrayaḥ —shelter;  me —of me;  stavaḥ —praise;  eṣaḥ —this;  yojyatām —may be applied;  mā —never;  mayi —unto me;  abhūvan —were;  vitathā —in vain;  giraḥ —words;  vaḥ —your.
TRANSLATION
King Pṛthu said: O gentle  sūta ,  māgadha  and other devotee offering prayers, the qualities of which you have spoken are not distinct in me. Why then should you praise me for all these qualities when I do not