Chapter 15 - King Prithu's Appearance and Coronation
अध्यायः 15
Skandha 4, Chapter 15 of Srimad Bhagavatam: King Prithu's Appearance and Coronation
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Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 1
मैत्रेय उवाच अथ तस्य पुनर्विप्रैरपुत्रस्य महीपते: । बाहुभ्यां मथ्यमानाभ्यां मिथुनं समपद्यत ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca atha tasya punar viprair aputrasya mahīpateḥ bāhubhyāṁ mathyamānābhyāṁ mithunaṁ samapadyata
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, thus the brāhmaṇas and the great sages again churned the two arms of King Vena’s dead body. As a result a male and female couple came out of his arms.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.2
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 2
तद् दृष्ट्वा मिथुनं जातमृषयो ब्रह्मवादिन: । ऊचु: परमसन्तुष्टा विदित्वा भगवत्कलाम् ॥ २ ॥
tad dṛṣṭvā mithunaṁ jātam ṛṣayo brahma-vādinaḥ ūcuḥ parama-santuṣṭā viditvā bhagavat-kalām
The great sages were highly learned in Vedic knowledge. When they saw the male and female born of the arms of Vena’s body, they were very pleased, for they could understand that the couple was an expansion of a plenary portion of Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.3
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 3
ऋषय ऊचु: एष विष्णोर्भगवत: कला भुवनपालिनी । इयं च लक्ष्म्या: सम्भूति: पुरुषस्यानपायिनी ॥ ३ ॥
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ eṣa viṣṇor bhagavataḥ kalā bhuvana-pālinī iyaṁ ca lakṣmyāḥ sambhūtiḥ puruṣasyānapāyinī
The great sages said: The male is a plenary expansion of the power of Lord Viṣṇu, who maintains the entire universe, and the female is a plenary expansion of the goddess of fortune, who is never separated from the Lord.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.4
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 4
अयं तु प्रथमो राज्ञां पुमान् प्रथयिता यश: । पृथुर्नाम महाराजो भविष्यति पृथुश्रवा: ॥ ४ ॥
ayaṁ tu prathamo rājñāṁ pumān prathayitā yaśaḥ pṛthur nāma mahārājo bhaviṣyati pṛthu-śravāḥ
Of the two, the male will be able to expand his reputation throughout the world. His name will be Pṛthu. Indeed, he will be the first among kings.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.5
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 5
इयं च सुदती देवी गुणभूषणभूषणा । अर्चिर्नाम वरारोहा पृथुमेवावरुन्धती ॥ ५ ॥
iyaṁ ca sudatī devī guṇa-bhūṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇā arcir nāma varārohā pṛthum evāvarundhatī
The female has such beautiful teeth and beautiful qualities that she will actually beautify the ornaments she wears. Her name will be Arci. In the future she will accept King Pṛthu as her husband.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.6
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 6
एष साक्षाद्धरेरंशो जातो लोकरिरक्षया । इयं च तत्परा हि श्रीरनुजज्ञेऽनपायिनी ॥ ६ ॥
eṣa sākṣād dharer aṁśo jāto loka-rirakṣayā iyaṁ ca tat-parā hi śrīr anujajñe ’napāyinī
In the form of King Pṛthu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead has appeared through a part of His potency to protect the people of the world. The goddess of fortune is the constant companion of the Lord, and therefore she has incarnated partially as Arci to become King Pṛthu’s queen.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.7
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 7
मैत्रेय उवाच प्रशंसन्ति स्म तं विप्रा गन्धर्वप्रवरा जगु: । मुमुचु: सुमनोधारा: सिद्धा नृत्यन्ति स्व:स्त्रिय: ॥ ७ ॥
maitreya uvāca praśaṁsanti sma taṁ viprā gandharva-pravarā jaguḥ mumucuḥ sumano-dhārāḥ siddhā nṛtyanti svaḥ-striyaḥ
The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidurajī, at that time all the brāhmaṇas highly praised and glorified King Pṛthu, and the best singers of Gandharvaloka chanted his glories. The inhabitants of Siddhaloka showered flowers, and the beautiful women in the heavenly planets danced in ecstasy.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.8
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 8
शङ्खतूर्यमृदङ्गाद्या नेदुर्दुन्दुभयो दिवि । तत्र सर्व उपाजग्मुर्देवर्षिपितृणां गणा: ॥ ८ ॥
śaṅkha-tūrya-mṛdaṅgādyā nedur dundubhayo divi tatra sarva upājagmur devarṣi-pitṝṇāṁ gaṇāḥ
Conchshells, bugles, drums and kettledrums vibrated in outer space. Great sages, forefathers and personalities from the heavenly planets all came to earth from various planetary systems.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.11
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 11
तस्याभिषेक आरब्धो ब्राह्मणैर्ब्रह्मवादिभि: । आभिषेचनिकान्यस्मै आजह्रु: सर्वतो जना: ॥ ११ ॥
tasyābhiṣeka ārabdho brāhmaṇair brahma-vādibhiḥ ābhiṣecanikāny asmai ājahruḥ sarvato janāḥ
The learned brāhmaṇas, who were very attached to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, then arranged for the King’s coronation. People from all directions collected all the different paraphernalia for the ceremony. Thus everything was complete.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.12
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 12
सरित्समुद्रा गिरयो नागा गाव: खगा मृगा: । द्यौ: क्षिति: सर्वभूतानि समाजह्रुरुपायनम् ॥ १२ ॥
sarit-samudrā girayo nāgā gāvaḥ khagā mṛgāḥ dyauḥ kṣitiḥ sarva-bhūtāni samājahrur upāyanam
All the rivers, seas, hills, mountains, serpents, cows, birds, animals, heavenly planets, the earthly planet and all other living entities collected various presentations, according to their ability, to offer the King.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.13
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 13
सोऽभिषिक्तो महाराज: सुवासा: साध्वलड़्क़ृत: । पत्न्यार्चिषालड्क़ृतया विरेजेऽग्निरिवापर: ॥ १३ ॥
so ’bhiṣikto mahārājaḥ suvāsāḥ sādhv-alaṅkṛtaḥ patnyārciṣālaṅkṛtayā vireje ’gnir ivāparaḥ
Thus the great King Pṛthu, exquisitely dressed with garments and ornaments, was coronated and placed on the throne. The King and his wife, Arci, who was also exquisitely ornamented, appeared exactly like fire.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.14
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 14
तस्मै जहार धनदो हैमं वीर वरासनम् । वरुण: सलिलस्रावमातपत्रं शशिप्रभम् ॥ १४ ॥
tasmai jahāra dhanado haimaṁ vīra varāsanam varuṇaḥ salila-srāvam ātapatraṁ śaśi-prabham
The great sage continued: My dear Vidura, Kuvera presented the great King Pṛthu with a golden throne. The demigod Varuṇa presented him with an umbrella that constantly sprayed fine particles of water and was as brilliant as the moon.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.15
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 15
वायुश्च वालव्यजने धर्म: कीर्तिमयीं स्रजम् । इन्द्र: किरीटमुत्कृष्टं दण्डं संयमनं यम: ॥ १५ ॥
vāyuś ca vāla-vyajane dharmaḥ kīrtimayīṁ srajam indraḥ kirīṭam utkṛṣṭaṁ daṇḍaṁ saṁyamanaṁ yamaḥ
The demigod of air, Vāyu, presented King Pṛthu with two whisks [cāmaras] of hair; the King of religion, Dharma, presented him with a flower garland which would expand his fame; the King of heaven, Indra, presented him with a valuable helmet; and the superintendent of death, Yamarāja, presented him with a scepter with which to rule the world.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.16
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 16
ब्रह्मा ब्रह्ममयं वर्म भारती हारमुत्तमम् । हरि: सुदर्शनं चक्रं तत्पत्न्यव्याहतां श्रियम् ॥ १६ ॥
brahmā brahmamayaṁ varma bhāratī hāram uttamam hariḥ sudarśanaṁ cakraṁ tat-patny avyāhatāṁ śriyam
Lord Brahmā presented King Pṛthu with a protective garment made of spiritual knowledge. Bhāratī [Sarasvatī], the wife of Brahmā, gave him a transcendental necklace. Lord Viṣṇu presented him with a Sudarśana disc, and Lord Viṣṇu’s wife, the goddess of fortune, gave him imperishable opulences.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.17
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 17
दशचन्द्रमसिं रुद्र: शतचन्द्रं तथाम्बिका । सोमोऽमृतमयानश्वांस्त्वष्टा रूपाश्रयं रथम् ॥ १७ ॥
daśa-candram asiṁ rudraḥ śata-candraṁ tathāmbikā somo ’mṛtamayān aśvāṁs tvaṣṭā rūpāśrayaṁ ratham
Lord Śiva presented him with a sword within a sheath marked with ten moons, and his wife, the goddess Durgā, presented him with a shield marked with one hundred moons. The moon-demigod presented him with horses made of nectar, and the demigod Viśvakarmā presented him with a very beautiful chariot.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.18
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 18
अग्निराजगवं चापं सूर्यो रश्मिमयानिषून् । भू: पादुके योगमय्यौ द्यौ: पुष्पावलिमन्वहम् ॥ १८ ॥
agnir āja-gavaṁ cāpaṁ sūryo raśmimayān iṣūn bhūḥ pāduke yogamayyau dyauḥ puṣpāvalim anvaham
The demigod of fire, Agni, presented him with a bow made of the horns of goats and cows. The sun-god presented him with arrows as brilliant as sunshine. The predominating deity of Bhūrloka presented him with slippers full of mystic power. The demigods from outer space brought him presentations of flowers again and again.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.19
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 19
नाट्यं सुगीतं वादित्रमन्तर्धानं च खेचरा: । ऋषयश्चाशिष: सत्या: समुद्र: शङ्खमात्मजम् ॥ १९ ॥
nāṭyaṁ sugītaṁ vāditram antardhānaṁ ca khecarāḥ ṛṣayaś cāśiṣaḥ satyāḥ samudraḥ śaṅkham ātmajam
The demigods who always travel in outer space gave King Pṛthu the arts to perform dramas, sing songs, play musical instruments and disappear at his will. The great sages also offered him infallible blessings. The ocean offered him a conchshell produced from the ocean.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.20
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 20
सिन्धव: पर्वता नद्यो रथवीथीर्महात्मन: । सूतोऽथ मागधो वन्दी तं स्तोतुमुपतस्थिरे ॥ २० ॥
sindhavaḥ parvatā nadyo ratha-vīthīr mahātmanaḥ sūto ’tha māgadho vandī taṁ stotum upatasthire
The seas, mountains and rivers gave him room to drive his chariot without impediments, and a sūta, a māgadha and a vandī offered prayers and praises. They all presented themselves before him to perform their respective duties.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.21
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 21
स्तावकांस्तानभिप्रेत्य पृथुर्वैन्य: प्रतापवान् । मेघनिर्ह्रादया वाचा प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ २१ ॥
stāvakāṁs tān abhipretya pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān megha-nirhrādayā vācā prahasann idam abravīt
Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.22
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 22
पृथुरुवाच भो: सूत हे मागध सौम्य वन्दिँ- ल्लोकेऽधुनास्पष्टगुणस्य मे स्यात् । किमाश्रयो मे स्तव एष योज्यतां मा मय्यभूवन्वितथा गिरो व: ॥ २२ ॥
pṛthur uvāca bhoḥ sūta he māgadha saumya vandiḻ loke ’dhunāspaṣṭa-guṇasya me syāt kim āśrayo me stava eṣa yojyatāṁ mā mayy abhūvan vitathā giro vaḥ
King Pṛthu said: O gentle sūta, māgadha and other devotee offering prayers, the qualities of which you have spoken are not distinct in me. Why then should you praise me for all these qualities when I do not shelter these features? I do not wish for these words meant for me to go in vain, but it is better that they be offered to someone else.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.23
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 23
तस्मात्परोक्षेऽस्मदुपश्रुतान्यलं करिष्यथ स्तोत्रमपीच्यवाच: । सत्युत्तमश्लोकगुणानुवादे जुगुप्सितं न स्तवयन्ति सभ्या: ॥ २३ ॥
tasmāt parokṣe ’smad-upaśrutāny alaṁ kariṣyatha stotram apīcya-vācaḥ saty uttamaśloka-guṇānuvāde jugupsitaṁ na stavayanti sabhyāḥ
O gentle reciters, offer such prayers in due course of time, when the qualities of which you have spoken actually manifest themselves in me. The gentle who offer prayers to the Supreme Personality of Godhead do not attribute such qualities to a human being, who does not actually have them.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.24
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 24
महद्गुणानात्मनि कर्तुमीश: क: स्तावकै: स्तावयतेऽसतोऽपि । तेऽस्याभविष्यन्निति विप्रलब्धो जनावहासं कुमतिर्न वेद ॥ २४ ॥
mahad-guṇān ātmani kartum īśaḥ kaḥ stāvakaiḥ stāvayate ’sato ’pi te ’syābhaviṣyann iti vipralabdho janāvahāsaṁ kumatir na veda
How could an intelligent man competent enough to possess such exalted qualities allow his followers to praise him if he did not actually have them? Praising a man by saying that if he were educated he might have become a great scholar or great personality is nothing but a process of cheating. A foolish person who agrees to accept such praise does not know that such words simply insult him.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.25
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 25
प्रभवो ह्यात्मन: स्तोत्रं जुगुप्सन्त्यपि विश्रुता: । ह्रीमन्त: परमोदारा: पौरुषं वा विगर्हितम् ॥ २५ ॥
prabhavo hy ātmanaḥ stotraṁ jugupsanty api viśrutāḥ hrīmantaḥ paramodārāḥ pauruṣaṁ vā vigarhitam
As a person with a sense of honor and magnanimity does not like to hear about his abominable actions, a person who is very famous and powerful does not like to hear himself praised.
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.26
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 26
वयं त्वविदिता लोके सूताद्यापि वरीमभि: । कर्मभि: कथमात्मानं गापयिष्याम बालवत् ॥ २६ ॥
vayaṁ tv aviditā loke sūtādyāpi varīmabhiḥ karmabhiḥ katham ātmānaṁ gāpayiṣyāma bālavat
King Pṛthu continued: My dear devotees, headed by the sūta, just now I am not very famous for my personal activities because I have not done anything praiseworthy you could glorify. Therefore how could I engage you in praising my activities exactly like children?
Bhagavata Purana 4.15.9-10
Srimad Bhagavatam · Chapter 15 · Verse 9-10
ब्रह्मा जगद्गुरुर्देवै: सहासृत्य सुरेश्वरै: । वैन्यस्य दक्षिणे हस्ते दृष्ट्वा चिह्नं गदाभृत: ॥ ९ ॥ पादयोररविन्दं च तं वै मेने हरे: कलाम् । यस्याप्रतिहतं चक्रमंश: स परमेष्ठिन: ॥ १० ॥
brahmā jagad-gurur devaiḥ sahāsṛtya sureśvaraiḥ vainyasya dakṣiṇe haste dṛṣṭvā cihnaṁ gadābhṛtaḥ
Lord Brahmā, the master of the entire universe, arrived there accompanied by all the demigods and their chiefs. Seeing the lines of Lord Viṣṇu’s palm on King Pṛthu’s right hand and impressions of lotus flowers on the soles of his feet, Lord Brahmā could understand that King Pṛthu was a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. One whose palm bears the sign of a disc, as well as other such lines, should be considered a partial representation or incarnation of the Supreme Lord.