634 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 15

megha-nirhradaya vaca
prahasann idam abravit

stavakdn—engaged in offering prayers; tan—those persons; abhipretya—
seeing, understanding; prthuh—King Prthu; vainyah—sen of Vena; pratapa-
van—greatly powerful; megha-nirhradaya—as grave as the thundering
of clouds; vaca—with a voice; prahasan—smiling; idam—this; abravit—he
spoke.
TRANSLATION

Thus when the greatly powerful King Prthu, the son of Vena, saw the
professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the
gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.

TEXT 22

JACWs
at aa & ary aby ated-
Biased FX Aq |
ferrin a wa oy asa
a aaa fram Fret a: Rall

prthur uvaca f

bhoh siita he magadha saumya vandil

loke ’dhunaspasta-gunasya me syat
kim asrayo me stava esa yojyatam

ma mayy abhiivan vitatha giro vah

prthuh uvadca—King Prthu said; bhoh siita—O siita; he magadha—O
magadha; saumya—gentle; vandin—O devotee offering prayers; loke—in this
world; adhuna—just now; aspasta—not distinct; gunasya—whose qualities;
me—of me; syat—there may be; kim—why; asrayah—shelter; me—of me;
stavah—praise; esah—this; yojyatam—may be applied; ma—never; mayi—
unto me; abhivan—were; vitathd—in vain; girah— words; vah—your.

TRANSLATION

King Prthu said: O gentle sita, magadha and other devotee offering
prayers, the qualities of which you have spoken are not distinct in me.
Why then should you praise me for all these qualities when I do not
