Chapter 4
यं साधुगाथासदसि रिपवोऽपि सुरा नृप । प्रतिमानं प्रकुर्वन्ति किमुतान्ये भवादृशा: ॥ ३५ ॥
Transliteration
yaṁ sādhu-gāthā-sadasi ripavo ’pi surā nṛpa pratimānaṁ prakurvanti kim utānye bhavādṛśāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
yam — whom; sādhu-gāthā-sadasi — in an assembly where saintly persons gather or exalted characteristics are discussed; ripavaḥ — persons who were supposed to have been Prahlāda Mahārāja’s enemies (even such a devotee as Prahlāda Mahārāja had enemies, including even his own father); api — even; surāḥ — the demigods (the demigods are enemies of the demons, and since Prahlāda Mahārāja was born in a family of demons, the demigods should have been his enemies); nṛpa — O King Yudhiṣṭhira; pratimānam — a substantial example of the best among the devotees; prakurvanti — they make; kim uta — what to speak of; anye — others; bhavādṛśāḥ — exalted personalities such as yourself.
Translation
“In any assembly where there are discourses about saints and devotees, O King Yudhiṣṭhira, even the enemies of the demons, namely the demigods, what to speak of you, would cite Prahlāda Mahārāja as an example of a great devotee.”