906 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 22

TEXT 17
7 a9
qarercamaeet ant ag fird ag |
MIATA I AT FAT AYIA z IRI!
maitreya uvaca
prthos tat suktam akarnya
sadram susthu mitam madhu

smayamana iva pritya
kumarah pratyuvaca ha

maitreyah uvaca—the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; prthoh—
of King Prthu; tat—that; suktam—Vedic conclusion; akarnya—hearing;
saram—very substantial; susthu—appropriate; mitam—minimized; madhu—
sweet to hear; smayamanah—smiling; iva—like; pritya—out of great satis-
faction; kumarah—celibate ; pratyuvaca—replied ; ha—thus.

TRANSLATION

Thus Sanatkumara, the best of the celibates, after hearing the speech of
Prthu Maharaja, which was meaningful, appropriate, full of precise words
and very sweet to hear, smiled with full satisfaction and began to speak as
follows.

PURPORT

Prthu Maharaja’s talks before the Kumaras were very laudable because
of so many qualifications. A speech should be composed of selected words,
very sweet to hear and appropriate to the situation. Such speech is called
meaningful. All these good qualifications are present in Prthu Maharaja’s
speech because he is a perfect devotee. It is said, yasydsti bhaktir bhaga-
vaty akificand sarvair gunais tatra samasate surah: “For one who has un-
flinching devotional faith and is engaged in His service, all good qualities
become manifest in his person.” (Bhag. 5.18.12) Thus the Kumaras were
very much pleased, and Sanat-kumara began to speak as follows.

TEXT 18
TIS SIF

amg oS ame adaaftat |
aan fran ate anqat afattrestt 12!
