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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 22]
PURPORT
The word  sādhūcchiṣṭam  is significant in this verse. Pṛthu Mahārāja got his kingdom from great saintly persons like Bhṛgu and others just as one gets remnants of food. After the death of King Vena, the whole world was bereft of a popular ruler. There were so many catastrophes occurring that the great saintly persons, headed by Bhṛgu, created the body of King Pṛthu out of the body of his dead father, King Vena. Since King Pṛthu was thus offered the kingdom by the virtue of the mercy of great saintly persons, he did not want to divide his kingdom among saints like the Kumāras. When a father is eating food, he may, out of compassion, offer the remnants of his food to his son. Although such food may be already chewed by the father, it cannot be offered to the father again. Pṛthu Mahārāja's position was something like this; whatever he possessed had already been chewed, and therefore he could not offer it to the Kumāras. Indirectly, however, he offered everything he possessed to the Kumāras, and consequently they utilized his possessions in whatever way they liked. The next verse clarifies this matter.
TEXT 44
प्राणा दाराः सुता ब्रह्मन् गृहाश्च सपरिच्छदाः ।
राज्यं बलं मही कोश इति सर्वं निवेदितम् ॥४४॥
prāṇā dārāḥ sutā brahman gṛhāś ca sa-paricchadāḥ rājyam balam mahī kośa iti sarvam niveditam
prāṇāḥ—life; dārāḥ—wife; sutāḥ—children; brahman—O great brāhmaṇa; gṛhāḥ—home; ca—also; sa—with; paricchadāḥ—all paraphernalia; rājyam—kingdom; balam—strength; mahī—land; kośaḥ—treasury; iti—thus; sarvam—everything; niveditam—offered.
TRANSLATION
The King continued: Therefore, my dear brāhmaṇas, my life, wife, children, home, furniture and household paraphernalia, my kingdom, strength, land, and especially my treasury, are all offered unto you.
PURPORT
In some readings, the word  dārāḥ  is not used, but the word used then is  rāyaḥ , which means wealth. In India there are still wealthy persons who