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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 1]
TEXT 39
तस्य ह वा एते श्लोकाः— 
  प्रियव्रतकृतं कर्म को नु कुर्याद्विनेश्वरम् । 
  यो नेमिनिघ्नैरक्तलेच्छायां मन् सप्त वारिधीन् ॥३९॥
tasya ha vā ete ślokāḥ—  
 priyavrata-kṛtaṁ karma  
 ko nu kuryād vineśvaram  
 yo nemi-nimnair akaroc  
 chāyāṁ ghnan sapta vāridhīn
tasya —his;  ha vā —certainly;  ete —all these;  ślokāḥ —verses;  priyavrata —by King Priyavrata;  kṛtam —done;  karma —activities;  kaḥ —who;  nu —then;  kuryāt —can execute;  vinā —without;  īśvaram —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  yaḥ —one who;  nemi —of the rim of the wheels of his chariot;  nimnaiḥ —by the depressions;  akarot —made;  chāyām —darkness;  ghnan —dissipating;  sapta —seven;  vāridhīn —oceans.
TRANSLATION
There are many famous verses regarding Mahārāja Priyavrata's activities:
“No one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead could do what Mahārāja Priyavrata has done. Mahārāja Priyavrata dissipated the darkness of night, and with the rims of his great chariot, he excavated seven oceans.”
PURPORT
There are many excellent verses, famous all over the world, concerning the activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata. He is so celebrated that his activities are compared to those of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Sometimes a sincere servant and devotee of the Lord is also called  bhagavān . Śrī Nārada is called  bhagavān , and Lord Śiva and Vyāsadeva are also sometimes called  bhagavān . This designation,  bhagavān , is sometimes conferred upon a pure devotee by the grace of the Lord so that