Chapter 6
पितर्युपरतेऽभ्येत्य विकुक्षि: पृथिवीमिमाम् । शासदीजे हरिं यज्ञै: शशाद इति विश्रुत: ॥ ११ ॥
Transliteration
pitary uparate ’bhyetya vikukṣiḥ pṛthivīm imām śāsad īje hariṁ yajñaiḥ śaśāda iti viśrutaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
pitari — when his father; uparate — upon being relieved of the kingdom; abhyetya — having come back; vikukṣiḥ — the son named Vikukṣi; pṛthivīm — the planet earth; imām — this; śāsat — ruling; īje — worshiped; harim — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yajñaiḥ — by performing various sacrifices; śaśa-adaḥ — Śaśāda (“the eater of a rabbit”); iti — thus; viśrutaḥ — celebrated.
Translation
“After his father’s disappearance, Vikukṣi returned to the country and thus became the king, ruling the planet earth and performing various sacrifices to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Vikukṣi later became celebrated as Śaśāda.”