CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Maharaja Prthu’s Going Back Home
TEXTS 1-3.
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maitreya uvaca
drstvatmanam pravayasam
ekada vainya atmavan
atmana vardhitasesa-
svanusargah prajapatih
jagatas tasthusas capi
urtti-do dharma-bhrt satam
nispaditesvaradeso
yad-artham tha jajiivan
atma-jesv atma-jam nyasya
virahad rudatim iva
prajasu vimanahsv ekah
sa-daro ’gat tapo-vanam
maitreyah uvaca—the sage Maitreya continued to speak; drstva—after
seeing; atmanam—of the body; pravayasam—old age; ekada—once upon a
time; vainyah—King Prthu; atmavan—fully conversant in spiritual educa-
tion; atmana—by oneself; vardhita—increased; agesa—unlimitedly; sva-
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