VEDABASEAI Bhagavad Gita

Canto & Chapters

Creation of the Fourth Order (31 Chapters)

Genealogical Table of the Daughters of Manu

Dakṣa Curses Lord Śiva

Talks Between Lord Śiva and Satī

Satī Quits Her Body

Frustration of the Sacrifice of Dakṣa

Brahmā Satisfies Lord Śiva

The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa

Dhruva Mahārāja Leaves Home for the Forest

Dhruva Mahārāja Returns Home

Dhruva Mahārāja’s Fight with the Yakṣas

Svāyambhuva Manu Advises Dhruva Mahārāja to Stop Fighting

Dhruva Mahārāja Goes Back to Godhead

Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja

The Story of King Vena

King Pṛthu’s Appearance and Coronation

Praise of King Pṛthu by the Professional Reciters

Mahārāja Pṛthu Becomes Angry at the Earth

Pṛthu Mahārāja Milks the Earth Planet

King Pṛthu’s One Hundred Horse Sacrifices

Lord Viṣṇu’s Appearance in the Sacrificial Arena of Mahārāja Pṛthu

Instructions by Mahārāja Pṛthu

Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras

Mahārāja Pṛthu’s Going Back Home

Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva

The Descriptions of the Characteristics of King Purañjana

King Purañjana Goes to the Forest to Hunt, and His Queen Becomes Angry

Attack by Caṇḍavega on the City of King Purañjana; the Character of Kālakanyā

Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life

Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi

The Activities of the Pracetās

Nārada Instructs the Pracetās

SB 4.22 Verses

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Canto 4, Chapter 22

Pṛthu Mahārāja’s Meeting with the Four Kumāras

Verse 56 (SB 4.22.56)

SB 4.22.56 • मूल श्लोक

राजेत्यधान्नामधेयं सोमराज इवापर: । सूर्यवद्विसृजन् गृह्णन् प्रतपंश्च भुवो वसु ॥ ५६ ॥

Transliteration

rājety adhān nāmadheyaṁ soma-rāja ivāparaḥ sūryavad visṛjan gṛhṇan pratapaṁś ca bhuvo vasu

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

rājā — the King; iti — thus; adhāt — took up; nāmadheyam — of the name; soma-rājaḥ — the king of the moon planet; iva — like; aparaḥ — on the other hand; sūrya-vat — like the sun-god; visṛjan — distributing; gṛhṇan — exacting; pratapan — by strong ruling; ca — also; bhuvaḥ — of the world; vasu — revenue.

Translation

“Mahārāja Pṛthu became as celebrated a king as Soma-rāja, the king of the moon. He was also powerful and exacting, just like the sun-god, who distributes heat and light and at the same time exacts all the planetary waters.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda

In this verse Mahārāja Pṛthu is compared to the kings of the moon and sun. The king of the moon and the king of the sun serve as examples of how the Lord desires the universe to be ruled. The sun distributes heat and light and at the same time exacts water from all planets. The moon is very pleasing at night, and when one becomes fatigued after a day’s labor in the sun, he can enjoy the moonshine. Like the sun-god, Pṛthu Mahārāja distributed his heat and light to give protection to his kingdom, for without heat and light no one can exist. Similarly, Pṛthu Mahārāja exacted taxes and gave such strong orders to the citizens and government that no one had the power to disobey him. On the other hand, he pleased everyone just like the moonshine. Both the sun and the moon have particular influences by which they maintain order in the universe, and modern scientists and philosophers should become familiar with the Supreme Lord’s perfect plan for universal maintenance.