824 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 21
vidurah uvaca—Vidura said; sah—he (King Prthu); abhisiktah—when
enthroned; prthuh—King Prthu; viprath—by the great sages and brahmanas;
labdha—achieved; asesa—innumerable; sura-arhanah—presentations by the
demigods; bibhrat—expanding; sah—he; vaisnavam—who has received
through Lord Visnu; tejah—strength; bahvoh—arms; yabhyam—by which;
dudoha—exploited; gam—the earth.
TRANSLATION
Vidura said: My dear brahmana Maitreya, it is very enlightening to
understand that King Prthu was enthroned by the great sages and
brahmanas. All the demigods presented him with innumerable gifts, and
he also expanded his influence upon personally receiving strength from
Lord Visnu. Thus he greatly developed the earth.
PURPORT
Because Prthu Maharaja was an empowered incarnation of Lord Visnu
and was naturally a great Vaisnava devotee of the Lord, all the demigods
were pleased with him and presented different gifts to help him in exer-
cising his royal power, and the great sages and saintly persons also joined
in his coronation. Thus blessed by them, he ruled over the earth and ex-
ploited its resources for the greatest satisfaction of the people in general.
This has already been explained in the previous chapters regarding the
activities of King Prthu. As will be apparent from the next verse, every
executive head of state should follow in the footsteps of Maharaja Prthu
in ruling over his kingdom. Regardless of whether the chief executive is a
king or president, or whether the government is monarchical or demo-
cratic, this process is so perfect that if it is followed, everyone will become
happy, and thus it will be very easy for all to execute devotional service to
the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
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