bhavān bhagavataḥ prabhoḥ
bhavān bhagavataḥ prabhoḥ
śravaḥ suśravasaḥ puṇyaṁ
pūrva-deha-kathāśrayam
bhaktāya me 'nuraktāya
tava cādhokṣajasya ca
vaktum arhasi yo 'duhyad
vainya-rūpeṇa gām imām
You should speak to me, attached to hearing, devoted to you and the Lord and you, concerning the person who milked the earth in the form of Pṛthu, and also other pure, famous topics related to the previous birth of the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa.
Aduhyat should be adhok.
|| 4.17.8 ||
sūta uvāca
codito vidureṇaivaṁ
vāsudeva-kathāṁ prati
praśasya taṁ prīta-manā
maitreyaḥ pratyabhāṣata
Sūta said: Maitreya, pleased, inspired about topics of the Lord by Vidura, praised Vidura and then spoke.
|| 4.17.9 ||
maitreya uvāca
yadābhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur aṅga viprair
āmantrito janatāyāś ca pālaḥ
prajā niranne kṣiti-pṛṣṭha etya
kṣut-kṣāma-dehāḥ patim abhyavocan
Maitreya said: O Vidura! When Pṛthu was requested by the citizens to be the protector and enthroned by the brāhmaṇas, the citizens approached him with thin bodies at a time when the earth was without food and addressed him.
The citizens engaged him as King, saying “You are the protector.”
|| 4.17.10-11 ||
ayaṁ rājañ jāṭhareṇābhitaptā
yathāgninā koṭara-sthena vṛkṣāḥ
tvām adya yātāḥ śaraṇaṁ śaraṇyaṁ
yaḥ sādhito vṛtti-karaḥ patir naḥ
tan no bhavān īhatu rātave 'nnaṁ
kṣudhārditānāṁ naradeva-deva
yāvan na naṅkṣyāmaha ujjhitorjā
vārtā-patis tvaṁ kila loka-pālaḥ
O King! We are suffering from the digestive fire like trees burning inside. Today we have taken shelter of you, worthy as a shelter, who have been created as our master and are our means of livelihood. O King! Therefore try to give food to us, since we are suffering from hunger, so that we do not die from lack of food. You are the protector of the people, the giver of livelihood.
You have been created (sādhitaḥ) by the churning of the brāhmaṇas. Therefore (tat) try (īhatu) to give (rātave) food to us. And you should not delay. Give us food so we do not die. Ujjhita ūrjāḥ means “without food.” You give us the means of livelihood (vārtā-patiḥ).
|| 4.17.12 ||
maitreya uvāca
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