CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumaras
TEXT 1
मैत्रेय उवाच
जनेषु प्रगृणत्स्वेवं पृथुं पृथुलविक्रमम् । तत्रोपजग्मुर्मुनयश्चत्वारः द्वयवर्चसः ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca janeṣu pragrṇatsv evam pṛthum pṛthula-vikramam tatropajagmur munayaś catvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ
maitreyaḥ uvāca—the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; janeṣu—the citizens; pragrṇatsu—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.
TEXT 2
तांस्तु सिद्धेश्वरान् राजा व्योम्नोऽवतरतोऽर्चिषा । लोकानपापान् कुव र्णान् सानुगोऽचष्ट लक्षितान् ॥ २ ॥
tāms tu siddheśvarān rājā vyomno 'vatarato 'rciṣā lokān apāpān kurvāṇān sānugo 'caṣṭa lakṣitān
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