SB 4.15.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fourth Canto - Chapter 15: King Pṛthu's Appearance and Coronation

SB 4.15.20 - SB 4.15.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 21

stāvakāṁs tān abhipretya

pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān

megha-nirhrādayā vācā

prahasann idam abravīt

SYNONYMS

stāvakān — engaged in offering prayers; tān — those persons; abhipretya — seeing, understanding; pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu; vainyaḥ — son of Vena; pratāpa-vān — greatly powerful; megha-nirhrādayā — as grave as the thundering of clouds; vācā — with a voice; prahasan — smiling; idam — this; abravīt — he spoke.

TRANSLATION

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.

SB 4.15.20 - SB 4.15.22