Text 34] The Dynasty of Piru 113

sa samrad loka-palakhyam
aisvaryam adhirat sriyam

cakram caskhalitam pranan
mrsety upararama ha

sah—he (Maharaja Bharata); samrat—the emperor; loka-pdla-
akhyam—known as the ruler of all the lokas, or planets; aisvaryam—
such opulences; adhirat—thoroughly in power; sriyam—kingdom;
cakram—soldiers or orders; ca—and; askhalitam—without failure;
pranan—life or sons and family; mrsd—all false; iti—thus;
upararama —ceased to enjoy; ha—in the past.

TRANSLATION

As the ruler of the entire universe, Emperor Bharata had the
opulences of a great kingdom and unconquerable soldiers. His
sons and family had seemed to him to be his entire life. But finally
he thought of all this as an impediment to spiritual advancement,
and therefore he ceased from enjoying it.

PURPORT

Maharaja Bharata had incomparable opulence in sovereignty, soldiers,
sons, daughters and everything for material enjoyment, but when he
realized that all such material opulences were useless for spiritual ad-
vancement, he retired from material enjoyment. The Vedic civilization
enjoins that after a certain age, following in the footsteps of Maharaja
Bharata, one should cease to enjoy material opulences and should take
the order of vanaprastha.

TEXT 34
TAA AT ATI : TTA: BATH: |
HSFAMTAA TAL ABST FAA 113

tasydsan nrpa vaidarbhyah
patnyas tisrah susammatah

jaghnus tyaga-bhayat putran
nanuriipa itirite
