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Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-3 Sanskrit: नारद उवाचस एकदा महेष्वासो रथं पञ्चाश्वमाशुगम् ।द्वीषं द्विचक्रमेकाक्षं त्रिवेणुं पञ्चबन्धुरम् ॥ १ ॥एकरश्म्येकदमनमेकनीडं द्विकूबरम् ।पञ्चप्रहरणं सप्तवरूथं पञ्चविक्रमम् ॥ २ ॥हैमोपस्करमारुह्य स्वर्णवर्माक्षयेषुधि: ।एकादशचमूनाथ: पञ्चप्रस्थमगाद्वनम् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: nārada uvācasa ekadā maheṣvāsorathaṁ pañcāśvam āśu-gamdvīṣaṁ dvi-cakram ekākṣaṁtri-veṇuṁ pañca-bandhuram Translation: The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King, once upon a time King Purañjana took up his great bow, and equipped with golden armor and a quiver of unlimited arrows and accompanied by eleven commanders, he sat on his chariot driven by five swift horses and went to the forest named Pañca-prastha....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचइति सन्दिश्य भगवान् बार्हिषदैरभिपूजित: ।पश्यतां राजपुत्राणां तत्रैवान्तर्दधे हर: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaiti sandiśya bhagavānbārhiṣadair abhipūjitaḥpaśyatāṁ rāja-putrāṇāṁtatraivāntardadhe haraḥ Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued speaking to Vidura: My dear Vidura, in this way Lord Śiva instructed the sons of King Barhiṣat. The sons of the King also worshiped Lord Śiva with great devotion and respect. Finally, Lord Śiva became invisible to the princes....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचविजिताश्वोऽधिराजासीत्पृथुपुत्र: पृथुश्रवा: ।यवीयोभ्योऽददात्काष्ठा भ्रातृभ्यो भ्रातृवत्सल: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācavijitāśvo ’dhirājāsītpṛthu-putraḥ pṛthu-śravāḥyavīyobhyo ’dadāt kāṣṭhābhrātṛbhyo bhrātṛ-vatsalaḥ Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: Vijitāśva, the eldest son of Mahārāja Pṛthu, who had a reputation like his father’s, became emperor and gave his younger brothers different directions of the world to govern, for he was very affectionate toward his brothers. Purport: After describing the life and character of Mahārāja Pṛthu in the previous chapter, the great sage Maitreya began to speak about the sons and grandsons in the genealogical line of the Pṛthu dynasty....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-3 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचदृष्ट्वात्मानं प्रवयसमेकदा वैन्य आत्मवान् ।आत्मना वर्धिताशेषस्वानुसर्ग: प्रजापति: ॥ १ ॥जगतस्तस्थुषश्चापि वृत्तिदो धर्मभृत्सताम् ।निष्पादितेश्वरादेशो यदर्थमिह जज्ञिवान् ॥ २ ॥आत्मजेष्वात्मजां न्यस्य विरहाद्रुदतीमिव ।प्रजासु विमन:स्वेक: सदारोऽगात्तपोवनम् ॥ ३ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācadṛṣṭvātmānaṁ pravayasamekadā vainya ātmavānātmanā vardhitāśeṣa-svānusargaḥ prajāpatiḥ Translation: At the last stage of his life, when Mahārāja Pṛthu saw himself getting old, that great soul, who was king of the world, divided whatever opulence he had accumulated amongst all kinds of living entities, moving and nonmoving....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचजनेषु प्रगृणत्स्वेवं पृथुं पृथुलविक्रमम् ।तत्रोपजग्मुर्मुनयश्चत्वार: सूर्यवर्चस: ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācajaneṣu pragṛṇatsv evaṁpṛthuṁ pṛthula-vikramamtatropajagmur munayaścatvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ Translation: The great sage Maitreya said: While the citizens were thus praying to the most powerful King Pṛthu, the four Kumāras, who were as bright as the sun, arrived on the spot. Purport:

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचअथादीक्षत राजा तु हयमेधशतेन स: ।ब्रह्मावर्ते मनो: क्षेत्रे यत्र प्राची सरस्वती ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaathādīkṣata rājā tuhayamedha-śatena saḥbrahmāvarte manoḥ kṣetreyatra prācī sarasvatī Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, King Pṛthu initiated the performance of one hundred horse sacrifices at the spot where the river Sarasvatī flows towards the east. This piece of land is known as Brahmāvarta, and it was controlled by Svāyambhuva Manu....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचइत्थं पृथुमभिष्टूय रुषा प्रस्फुरिताधरम् ।पुनराहावनिर्भीता संस्तभ्यात्मानमात्मना ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaitthaṁ pṛthum abhiṣṭūyaruṣā prasphuritādharampunar āhāvanir bhītāsaṁstabhyātmānam ātmanā Translation: The great saint Maitreya continued to address Vidura: My dear Vidura, at that time, after the planet earth finished her prayers, King Pṛthu was still not pacified, and his lips trembled in great anger. Although the planet earth was frightened, she made up her mind and began to speak as follows in order to convince the King....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचएवं स भगवान् वैन्य: ख्यापितो गुणकर्मभि: । छन्दयामास तान् कामै: प्रतिपूज्याभिनन्द्य च ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaevaṁ sa bhagavān vainyaḥkhyāpito guṇa-karmabhiḥchandayām āsa tān kāmaiḥpratipūjyābhinandya ca Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: In this way the reciters who were glorifying Mahārāja Pṛthu readily described his qualities and chivalrous activities. At the end, Mahārāja Pṛthu offered them various presentations with all due respect and worshiped them adequately....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचइति ब्रुवाणं नृपतिं गायका मुनिचोदिता: ।तुष्टुवुस्तुष्टमनसस्तद्वागमृतसेवया ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaiti bruvāṇaṁ nṛpatiṁgāyakā muni-coditāḥtuṣṭuvus tuṣṭa-manasastad-vāg-amṛta-sevayā Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: While King Pṛthu thus spoke, the humility of his nectarean speeches pleased the reciters very much. Then again they continued to praise the King highly with exalted prayers, as they had been instructed by the great sages....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचअथ तस्य पुनर्विप्रैरपुत्रस्य महीपते: ।बाहुभ्यां मथ्यमानाभ्यां मिथुनं समपद्यत ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaatha tasya punar viprairaputrasya mahīpateḥbāhubhyāṁ mathyamānābhyāṁmithunaṁ samapadyata Translation: 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....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचभृग्वादयस्ते मुनयो लोकानां क्षेमदर्शिन: ।गोप्तर्यसति वै नृणां पश्यन्त: पशुसाम्यताम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācabhṛgv-ādayas te munayolokānāṁ kṣema-darśinaḥgoptary asati vai nṝṇāṁpaśyantaḥ paśu-sāmyatām Translation: The great sage Maitreya continued: O great hero Vidura, the great sages, headed by Bhṛgu, were always thinking of the welfare of the people in general. When they saw that in the absence of King Aṅga there was no one to protect the interests of the people, they understood that without a ruler the people would become independent and nonregulated....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: सूत उवाचनिशम्य कौषारविणोपवर्णितंध्रुवस्य वैकुण्ठपदाधिरोहणम् । प्ररूढभावो भगवत्यधोक्षजेप्रष्टुं पुनस्तं विदुर: प्रचक्रमे ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: sūta uvācaniśamya kauṣāraviṇopavarṇitaṁdhruvasya vaikuṇṭha-padādhirohaṇamprarūḍha-bhāvo bhagavaty adhokṣajepraṣṭuṁ punas taṁ viduraḥ pracakrame Translation: Sūta Gosvāmī, continuing to speak to all the ṛṣis, headed by Śaunaka, said: After hearing Maitreya Ṛṣi describe Dhruva Mahārāja’s ascent to Lord Viṣṇu’s abode, Vidura became very much enlightened in devotional emotion, and he inquired from Maitreya as follows....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचध्रुवं निवृत्तं प्रतिबुद्ध्य वैशसा-दपेतमन्युं भगवान्धनेश्वर: ।तत्रागतश्चारणयक्षकिन्नरै:संस्तूयमानो न्यवदत्कृताञ्जलिम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācadhruvaṁ nivṛttaṁ pratibuddhya vaiśasādapeta-manyuṁ bhagavān dhaneśvaraḥtatrāgataś cāraṇa-yakṣa-kinnaraiḥsaṁstūyamāno nyavadat kṛtāñjalim Translation: The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, Dhruva Mahārāja’s anger subsided, and he completely ceased killing Yakṣas. When Kuvera, the most blessed master of the treasury, learned this news, he appeared before Dhruva. While being worshiped by Yakṣas, Kinnaras and Cāraṇas, he spoke to Dhruva Mahārāja, who stood before him with folded hands....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचनिशम्य गदतामेवमृषीणां धनुषि ध्रुव: ।सन्दधेऽस्त्रमुपस्पृश्य यन्नारायणनिर्मितम् ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaniśamya gadatām evamṛṣīṇāṁ dhanuṣi dhruvaḥsandadhe ’stram upaspṛśyayan nārāyaṇa-nirmitam Translation: Śrī Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, when Dhruva Mahārāja heard the encouraging words of the great sages, he performed the ācamana by touching water and then took up his arrow made by Lord Nārāyaṇa and fixed it upon his bow....

Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 4 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1 Sanskrit: मैत्रेय उवाचप्रजापतेर्दुहितरं शिशुमारस्य वै ध्रुव: । उपयेमे भ्रमिं नाम तत्सुतौ कल्पवत्सरौ ॥ १ ॥ ITRANS: maitreya uvācaprajāpater duhitaraṁśiśumārasya vai dhruvaḥupayeme bhramiṁ nāmatat-sutau kalpa-vatsarau Translation: The great sage Maitreya said: My dear Vidura, thereafter Dhruva Mahārāja married the daughter of Prajāpati Śiśumāra, whose name was Bhrami, and two sons named Kalpa and Vatsara were born of her. Purport: It appears that Dhruva Mahārāja married after being installed on the throne of his father and after the departure of his father to the forest for self-realization....