Text 11] The Descendants of King Priyavrata 83

chandamsy akamasya ca yasya kaman
dudithur djahrur atho balim nrpah

pratyancita yudhi dharmena vipra
yadasisam sastham amsam paretya

chandamsi—all the different parts of the Vedas; akimasya—of one
who has no desire for personal sense gratification; ca—also; yasya—
whose; kamdn—all desirables; dudithuh—yielded; djahruh—offered;
atho—thus; balim—presentation; nrpah—all the kings; pratyancitah —
being satisfied by his fighting in opposition; yudhi—in the war; dhar-
mena—by religious principles; viprah—all the brahmanas; yada—
when; asisim—of blessings; sastham amsam—one sixth; paretya—in
the next life.

TRANSLATION

Although King Gaya had no personal desire for sense gratifica-
tion, all his desires were fulfilled by virtue of his performance of
Vedic rituals. All the kings with whom Maharaja Gaya had to fight
were forced to fight on religious principles. They were very
satisfied with his fighting, and they would present all kinds of gifts
to him. Similarly, all the brahmanas in his kingdom were very
satisfied with King Gaya’s munificent charities. Consequently the
brahmanas contributed a sixth of their pious activities for King
Gaya’s benefit in the next life.

PURPORT

Asa ksatriya or emperor, Maharaja Gaya sometimes had to fight with
subordinate kings to maintain his government, but the subordinate kings
were not dissatisfied with him because they knew that he fought for
religious principles. Consequently they accepted their subordination and
offered all kinds of gifts to him. Similarly, the brahmanas who per-
formed Vedic rituals were so satisfied with the King that they very
readily agreed to part with a sixth of their pious activities for his benefit
in the next life. Thus the bradhmanas and ksatriyas were all satisfied with
Maharaja Gaya because of his proper administration. In other words.

Maharaja Gaya satisfied the ksatriya kings by his fighting and satisfied
