Text 59] — Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 967
grains, no one on the earth can survive. Consequently an unlimited
distribution of mercy is compared with the water falling from the clouds.
Maharaja Prthu distributed his mercy incessantly, much like rainfall. In
other words, Maharaja Prthu was softer than a rose flower and harder than
a thunderbolt. In this way he ruled over his kingdom.
TEXT 58
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aia & Tae Tiel ATT |
WR Tie aetaaeates uci
varsati sma yatha-kamam
parjanya iva tarpayan
samudra iva durbodhah
sattvenacala-rad iva
varsati—pouring;sma—used to; yatha-kamam—as much as one can desire ;
parjanyah—water; iva—like; tarpayan—pleasing; samudrah—the sea; iva—
likened; durbodhah— not understandable; sattvena—by existential position;
acala—the hills; rat iva—like the king of.
TRANSLATION
Just as rainfall satisfies everyone’s desires, Maharaja Prthu used to
satisfy everyone. He was like the sea in that no one could understand his
depths, and he was like Meru, the king of hills, in the fixity of his purpose.
PURPORT
Maharaja Prthu used to distribute his mercy to suffering humanity,
and it was like rainfall after excessive heat. The ocean is wide and expan-
sive, and it is very difficult to measure its length and breadth; similarly,
Prthu Maharaja was so deep and grave that no one could fathom his
purposes. The hill known as Meru is fixed in the universe as a universal
pivot, and no one can move it an inch from its position; similarly, no one
could ever dissuade Maharaja Prthu when he was determined.
TEXT 59
waa fined ernie |
ST TT BIT TAT TEM TA [Nhl
dharma-rad iva siksayam
ascarye himavan iva
