56 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 1

smiling, and exhibiting her feminine bodily features. Queen Barhismati
always kept Maharaja Priyavrata very encouraged, and thus he executed
his governmental duty very properly. In this verse iva has twice been
used to indicate that Maharaja Priyavrata acted exactly like a henpecked
husband and thereby seemed to have lost his sense of human respon-
sibility. Actually, however, he was fully conscious of his position as a
spirit soul, although he seemingly behaved like an acquiescent karmi
husband. Maharaja Priyavrata thus ruled the universe for eleven ar-
budas of years. One arbuda consists of 100,000,000 years, and Maharaja

Priyavrata ruled the universe for eleven such arbudas.

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TAATATATA IRATE TATA THATS ANAT
TATSTIM Tae AAaT
Aaaaa Wa STleaa Gea fet Banta aAacTATTTa

araarag fata sa Ta: > Il

yavad avabhasayati sura-girim anuparikraman bhagavan adityo
vasudhd-talam ardhenaiva pratapaty ardhendvacchddayati tada hi
bhagavad-updsanopacitati-purusa-prabhdvas tad anabhinandan
samajavena rathena jyotirmayena rajanim api dinam karisyamiti sapta-
kyt vastaranim anuparyakramad dvitiya iva patangah.

yavat—so long; avabhdsayati—illuminates; swra-girim—the Sumeru
Hill; anuparikraman—by circumambulating; bhagavan—the most
powerful; ddityah—sun-god; vasudhd-talam—the lower planetary
system; ardhena—by half; eva—certainly; pratapati—makes dazzling:
ardhena—by half; avacchadayati—covers with darkness; tadaé—at that
time; hi—certainly; bhagavat-updsand—by worshiping the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; upacita—by satisfying Him perfectly; ati-
purusa—superhuman; prabhavah—influence; tat—that; anabhinan-
dan—without appreciating; samajavena—by equally powerful;
rathena—on a chariot; jyotih-mayena—dazzling: rajanim—night;
api—also; dinam—day; karisyami—| shall make it; iti—thus: sapta-
krt—seven times; vastaranim—exactly following the orbit of the sun;
