Text 63] Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 971
cart. One who simply begets children like cats and dogs is not a proper
father. The word brahmacari also refers to one who acts on the platform
of Brahman or devotional service. In the impersonal Brahman conception,
there is no activity, yet when one performs activities in connection with
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he is to be known as brahmacari.
Thus Prthu Maharaja was an ideal brahmacari and grhastha simultaneously.
Visvaksenanuvartisu refers to those devotees who are constantly engaged
in the service of the Lord. Other devotees must follow in their footsteps.
Srila Narottama dasa Thakura said, ei chaya gosafi yanra, mui tanra dasa.
He is prepared to become anyone’s disciple who follows in the footsteps of
the six Gosvamis.

Also, like all Vaignavas, Maharaja Prthu was devoted to cow protection,
spiritual masters and qualified brahmanas. Prthu Maharaja was also very
humble, meek and gentle, and whenever he performed any philanthropic
work or welfare activity for the general public, he would labor exactly as
if he were tending to his own personal necessities. In other words, his
philanthropic activities were not for the sake of show but were performed
out of personal feeling and commitment. All philanthropic activities should
be thus performed.

TEXT 63
qateaman ghaaael a7 74 | |
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afie: soretg etek aa: aarti 1831
kirtyordhva-gitaya pumbhis
trailokye tatra tatra ha
pravistah karna-randhresu
strinam ramah satam iva

kirtya—by reputation; urdhva-gitaya—by loud declaration; pumbhih—
by the general public; trailokye—all over the universe; tatra tatra—
here and there; ha—certainly ; pravistah—entering; karna-randhresu—in the
aural holes; strinam—of the women; ramah—Lord Ramacandra; safam—
of the devotees; iva—like.

TRANSLATION

Throughout the whole universe—in the higher, lower and middle
planetary systems—Prthu Maharaja’s reputation was loudly declared, and
all ladies and devotees heard his glories, which were as sweet as the
glories of Lord Ramacandra.
