Canto 4, Chapter 22

Chapter 22

Verse 1 (SB 4.22.1)
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SB 4.22.1 • मूल श्लोक

मैत्रेय उवाच जनेषु प्रगृणत्स्वेवं पृथुं पृथुलविक्रमम् । तत्रोपजग्मुर्मुनयश्चत्वार: सूर्यवर्चस: ॥ १ ॥

Transliteration

maitreya uvāca janeṣu pragṛṇatsv evaṁ pṛthuṁ pṛthula-vikramam tatropajagmur munayaś catvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; janeṣu — the citizens; pragṛṇatsu — while praying for; evam — thus; pṛthum — unto Mahārāja Pṛthu; pṛthula — highly; vikramam — powerful; tatra — there; upajagmuḥ — arrived; munayaḥ — the Kumāras; catvāraḥ — four; sūrya — as the sun; varcasaḥ — bright.

Translation

“The great sage Maitreya said: While the citizens were thus praying to the most powerful King Pṛthu, the four Kumāras, who were as bright as the sun, arrived on the spot.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda