Text 20] Instructions by Maharaja Prthu 833

Sisira-snigdha-taraksah
samaiksata samantatah
ucivan idam urvisah
sadah samharsayann iva
Sisira—dew; snigdha—wet; tara—stars; aksah—eyes; samaiksata—glanced
over; samantatah—all around; iicivan—began to speak; idam—this; urvisah—
highly elevated; sadah—amongst the members of the assembly; sarmhar-
sayan—enhancing their pleasure; iva—like.

TRANSLATION

Just to encourage the members of the assembly and to enhance their
pleasure, King Prthu glanced over them with eyes that seemed like stars in
a sky wet with dew. He then spoke to them in a great voice.

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caru citra-padam slaksnam
mrstam gudham aviklavam
sarvesam upakarartham
tada anuvadann iva

caru— beautiful; citra-padam— flowery; slaksnam—very clear; mrstam—
very great; gudham— meaningful; aviklavam—without any doubt;sarvesam—
for all; upakara-artham—just to benefit them; tada—at that time; anu-
vadan—began to repeat; iva—like.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Prthu’s speech was very beautiful, full of metaphorical lan-
guage, clearly understandable and very pleasing to hear. His words were all
grave and certain. It appears that when he spoke, he expressed his personal
realization of the Absolute Truth in order to benefit all who were present.

PURPORT

Maharaja Prthu was beautiful in his external bodily features, and his
speech was also very glorious in all respects. His words, which were nicely
composed in highly metaphorical ornamental language, were pleasing to
hear and were not only mellow but also very clearly understandable and
without doubt or ambiguity.
