88 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 15
TEXT 16
TAT FARS—
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RHUTAS BET Heys |eTe TA EU
tatrayam slokah—
pratyavratam vamsam imam
virajas caramodbhavah
akarod aty-alam kirtya
visnuh sura-ganam yatha

tatra—in that connection; ayam slokah—there is this famous verse:
pratyavratam—coming from King Priyavrata; vamsam—the dynasty;
imam—this; virajah—King Viraja; carama-udbhavah—the source of
one hundred sons (headed by Satajit); akarot—decorated; ati-alam—
very greatly; kirtya—by his reputation: visnuh—Lord Visnu, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; sura-ganam—the demigods; yatha—
just as.

TRANSLATION

There is a famous verse about King Viraja. ‘‘Because of his high
qualities and wide fame, King Viraja became the jewel of the
dynasty of King Priyavrata, just as Lord Visnu, by His transcen-
dental potency, decorates and blesses the demigods.”’

PURPORT

Within a garden, a flowering tree attains a good reputation because of
its fragrant flowers. Similarly, if there is a famous man in a family, he is
compared to a fragrant flower in a forest. Because of him, an entire
family can become famous in history. Because Lord Krsna took birth in
the Yadu dynasty, the Yadu dynasty and the Yadavas have remained
famous for all time. Because of King Viraja’s appearance, the family of
Maharaja Priyavrata has remained famous for all time.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Fifteenth
Chapter of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, ““The Glories of the Descendants of
King Priyavrata.”
