CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उवाच
इति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं गायका मुनिचोदिताः ।
तुष्टुवुस्तुष्टमनसस्तद्वागमृतसेवया
॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca iti bruvāṇam nṛpatim gāyakā muni-coditāḥ tuṣṭuvus tuṣṭa-manasas tad-vāg-amṛta-sevayā
maitreyaḥ uvāca —the great sage Maitreya said;  iti —thus;  bruvāṇam —speaking;  nṛpatim —the King;  gāyakāḥ —the reciters;  muni —by the sages;  coditāḥ —having been instructed;  tuṣṭuvuḥ —praised, satisfied;  tuṣṭa —being pleased;  manasaḥ —their minds;  tat —his;  vāk —words;  amṛta —nectarean;  sevayā —by hearing.
TRANSLATION
The great sage Maitreya continued: While King Pṛthu thus spoke, the humility of his nectarean speeches pleased the reciters very much. Then again they continued to praise the King highly with exalted prayers, as they had been instructed by the great sages.
PURPORT
Here the word  muni-coditāḥ  indicates instructions received from great sages and saintly persons. Although Mahārāja Pṛthu was simply enthroned
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