The Activities of Mahārāja Priyavrata
तस्य ह वा एते श्लोका:— प्रियव्रतकृतं कर्म को नु कुर्याद्विनेश्वरम् । यो नेमिनिम्नैरकरोच्छायां घ्नन् सप्त वारिधीन् ॥ ३९ ॥
Transliteration
tasya ha vā ete ślokāḥ — priyavrata-kṛtaṁ karma ko nu kuryād vineśvaram yo nemi-nimnair akaroc chāyāṁ ghnan sapta vāridhīn
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tasya — his; ha vā — certainly; ete — all these; ślokāḥ — verses; priyavrata — by King Priyavrata; kṛtam — done; karma — activities; kaḥ — who; nu — then; kuryāt — can execute; vinā — without; īśvaram — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yaḥ — one who; nemi — of the rim of the wheels of his chariot; nimnaiḥ — by the depressions; akarot — made; chāyām — darkness; ghnan — dissipating; sapta — seven; vāridhīn — oceans.
Translation
“There are many famous verses regarding Mahārāja Priyavrata’s activities: “No one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead could do what Mahārāja Priyavrata has done. Mahārāja Priyavrata dissipated the darkness of night, and with the rims of his great chariot, he excavated seven oceans.””