Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 4 - Chapter 21

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 49 Sanskrit: अहो वयं ह्यद्य पवित्रकीर्तेत्वयैव नाथेन मुकुन्दनाथा: ।य उत्तमश्लोकतमस्य विष्णो-र्ब्रह्मण्यदेवस्य कथां व्यनक्ति ॥ ४९ ॥ ITRANS: aho vayaṁ hy adya pavitra-kīrtetvayaiva nāthena mukunda-nāthāḥya uttamaślokatamasya viṣṇorbrahmaṇya-devasya kathāṁ vyanakti Translation: The audience continued: Dear King Pṛthu, your reputation is the purest of all, for you are preaching the glories of the most glorified of all, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord of the brāhmaṇas....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 50 Sanskrit: नात्यद्भुतमिदं नाथ तवाजीव्यानुशासनम् ।प्रजानुरागो महतां प्रकृति: करुणात्मनाम् ॥ ५० ॥ ITRANS: nātyadbhutam idaṁ nāthatavājīvyānuśāsanamprajānurāgo mahatāṁprakṛtiḥ karuṇātmanām Translation: Our dear lord, it is your occupational duty to rule over your citizens. That is not a very wonderful task for a personality like you, who are so affectionate in seeing to the interests of the citizens, because you are full of mercy. That is the greatness of your character....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 51 Sanskrit: अद्य नस्तमस: पारस्त्वयोपासादित: प्रभो ।भ्राम्यतां नष्टद‍ृष्टीनां कर्मभिर्दैवसंज्ञितै: ॥ ५१ ॥ ITRANS: adya nas tamasaḥ pārastvayopāsāditaḥ prabhobhrāmyatāṁ naṣṭa-dṛṣṭīnāṁkarmabhir daiva-saṁjñitaiḥ Translation: The citizens continued: Today you have opened our eyes and revealed how to cross to the other side of the ocean of darkness. By our past deeds and by the arrangement of superior authority, we are entangled in a network of fruitive activities and have lost sight of the destination of life; thus we have been wandering within the universe....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 52 Sanskrit: नमो विवृद्धसत्त्वाय पुरुषाय महीयसे ।यो ब्रह्म क्षत्रमाविश्य बिभर्तीदं स्वतेजसा ॥ ५२ ॥ ITRANS: namo vivṛddha-sattvāyapuruṣāya mahīyaseyo brahma kṣatram āviśyabibhartīdaṁ sva-tejasā Translation: Dear lord, you are situated in your pure existential position of goodness; therefore you are the perfect representative of the Supreme Lord. You are glorified by your own prowess, and thus you are maintaining the entire world by introducing brahminical culture and protecting everyone in your line of duty as a kṣatriya....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 28-29 Sanskrit: मनोरुत्तानपादस्य ध्रुवस्यापि महीपते: ।प्रियव्रतस्य राजर्षेरङ्गस्यास्मत्पितु: पितु: ॥ २८ ॥ईद‍ृशानामथान्येषामजस्य च भवस्य च ।प्रह्लादस्य बलेश्चापि कृत्यमस्ति गदाभृता ॥ २९ ॥ ITRANS: manor uttānapādasyadhruvasyāpi mahīpateḥpriyavratasya rājarṣeraṅgasyāsmat-pituḥ pituḥ Translation: This is confirmed not only by the evidence of the Vedas but also by the personal behavior of great personalities like Manu, Uttānapāda, Dhruva, Priyavrata and my grandfather Aṅga, as well as by many other great personalities and ordinary living entities, exemplified by Mahārāja Prahlāda and Bali, all of whom are theists, believing in the existence of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who carries a club....