CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Prthu Maharaja's Meeting
with the Four Kumaras

TEXT 1
a9 Ta

way TAT TY Taha |
TATUTAIAAR: § aATTA: I 2 II

maitreya uvaca
Janesu pragrnatsv evam
prthum prthula-vikramam
tatropajagmur munayas
catvarah surya-varcasah

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; janesu—
the citizens; pragrnatsu—while praying for; evam—thus; prthum—unto
Maharaja Prthu; prthula—highly; vikramam—powerful; tatra—there; upa-
Jagmuh—arrived; munayah—the Kumaras; catvarah—four; siirya—as the sun;
varcasah—bright.

TRANSLATION

The great sage Maitreya said: While the citizens were thus praying to
the most powerful King Prthu, the four Kumaras, who were as bright
as the sun, arrived on the spot.

TEXT 2
ates ASAT STASTATATSAATT |
AMANTY HA HO ATS MISTS SATU

tams tu siddhesvaran raja
vyomno ’vatarato ’rcisa

lokan apapan kurvanan
sanugo ’casta laksitan

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