Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 5 - Chapter 1 - Verse 9


Sanskrit:

गयं नृप: क: प्रतियाति कर्मभि-र्यज्वाभिमानी बहुविद्धर्मगोप्ता । समागतश्री: सदसस्पति: सतांसत्सेवकोऽन्यो भगवत्कलामृते ॥ ९ ॥

ITRANS:

gayaṁ nṛpaḥ kaḥ pratiyāti karmabhiryajvābhimānī bahuvid dharma-goptāsamāgata-śrīḥ sadasas-patiḥ satāṁsat-sevako ’nyo bhagavat-kalām ṛte

Translation:

The great King Gaya used to perform all kinds of Vedic rituals. He was highly intelligent and expert in studying all the Vedic literatures. He maintained the religious principles and possessed all kinds of opulence. He was a leader among gentlemen and a servant of the devotees. He was a totally qualified plenary expansion of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Therefore who could equal him in the performance of gigantic ritualistic ceremonies?

Purport: