Text 62] Pṛthu Mahārāja's Meeting with the Four Kumāras
969
mātariśvā —the air;  iva —like;  sarva-ātmā —all-pervading;  balena —by bodily strength;  mahasā ojasā —by courage and power;  aviṣahyatayā —by intolerance;  devaḥ —the demigod;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  bhūta-rāṭ iva —like Rudra or Sadāśiva.
TRANSLATION
In his bodily strength and in the strength of his senses, Mahārāja Pṛthu was as strong as the wind, which can go anywhere and everywhere. As far as his intolerance was concerned, he was just like the all-powerful Rudra expansion of Lord Śiva, or Sadāśiva.
TEXT 61
कन्दर्प इव सौन्दर्ये मनस्वी मृगराडिव । वात्सल्ये मनुवन्नृणां प्रभुत्वे भगवानजः ॥६१॥
kandarpa iva saundarye manasvī mṛga-rāḍ iva vātsalye manuvan nṛṇām prabhutve bhagavān ajaḥ
kandarpaḥ—Cupid; iva—like; saundarye—in beauty; manasvī—in thoughtfulness; mṛga-rāṭ iva—like the king of the animals, the lion; vātsalye—in affection; manu-vat—like Svāyambhuva Manu; nṛṇām—of human society; prabhutve—in the matter of controlling; bhagavān—the lord; ajaḥ—Brahmā.
TRANSLATION
In his bodily beauty he was just like Cupid, and in his thoughtfulness he was like a lion. In his affection he was just like Svāyambhuva Manu, and in his ability to control he was like Lord Brahmā.
TEXT 62
बृहस्पतिर्ब्रह्मवादे आत्मवच्चे स्वयं हरिः भक्त्या गोगुरुविप्रेषु विष्वक्सेनानुवर्तिषु । हिया प्रश्रयशीताभ्यामात्मतुत्यः परोद्यमे ॥६२॥
bṛhaspatir brahma-vāde ātmavattve svayam hariḥ bhaktyā go-guru-vipreṣu viṣvaksenānuvartiṣu hriyā praśraya-śīlābhyām ātma-tulyaḥ parodyame