Text 59] Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
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grains, no one on the earth can survive. Consequently an unlimited distribution of mercy is compared with the water falling from the clouds. Mahārāja Pṛthu distributed his mercy incessantly, much like rainfall. In other words, Mahārāja Pṛthu was softer than a rose flower and harder than a thunderbolt. In this way he ruled over his kingdom.
TEXT 58
वर्षति स यथाकामं पर्जन्य इव तर्पयन् । 
    समुद्र इव दुर्बोधः सर्वनाचलराडिव ॥५८॥
varṣati sma yathā-kāmam 
    parjanya iva tarpayan 
    samudra iva durbodhaḥ 
    sattvenācala-rāḍ iva
varṣati—pouring; sma—used to; yathā-kāmam—as much as one can desire; parjanyaḥ—water; iva—like; tarpayan—pleasing; samudraḥ—the sea; iva—likened; durbodhaḥ—not understandable; sattvena—by existential position; acala—the hills; rāṭ iva—like the king of.
TRANSLATION
Just as rainfall satisfies everyone's desires, Mahārāja Pṛthu used to satisfy everyone. He was like the sea in that no one could understand his depths, and he was like Meru, the king of hills, in the fixity of his purpose.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Pṛthu used to distribute his mercy to suffering humanity, and it was like rainfall after excessive heat. The ocean is wide and expansive, and it is very difficult to measure its length and breadth; similarly, Pṛthu Mahārāja was so deep and grave that no one could fathom his purposes. The hill known as Meru is fixed in the universe as a universal pivot, and no one can move it an inch from its position; similarly, no one could ever dissuade Mahārāja Pṛthu when he was determined.
TEXT 59
धर्मराडिव शिक्षायामाश्वर्ये हिमवानिव । 
    कुवेर इव कोशाढ्यो गुप्तार्थो वरुणो यथा ॥५९॥
dharma-rāḍ iva śikṣāyām 
    āścarye himavān iva