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Chapter
15: King
Prithu's Appearance and Coronation
(1) Maitreya said: 'Thus the brahmins again churned
the arms of the king who had
no son and from that action a couple took birth. (2) About that couple being born the sages
conversant with the Vedas said that they were very happy, knowing that it
concerned an ['âves'a'-]expansion of the Supreme Lord. (3) The sages said: 'This man is an expansion of the
Supreme
Lord Vishnu who maintains the world and this woman is Lakshmî,
the Goddess of Fortune who is an inseparable, integral part of the
Original Person. (4) This male will be the first among the kings
and will spread his reputation under the name of Prithu [the one of the
earth], becoming widely renown as the Great King. (5) This female as a goddess of all good qualities will enhance the beauty of her ornaments with
the magnificence of her teeth; she will be named Arci and will attract
Prithu with her great beauty.
(6) He as a partial, direct representative of
the Lord is born with the desire to protect the entire world and she
took birth as the inseparable goddess who is very attracted to him.'
(7)
Maitreya said: 'The learned ones praised him,
the singers of heaven chanted, the perfected ones showered flowers and
the girls of heaven were dancing. (8)
Filling the
air with vibrating conches, bugles, drums and
kettledrums and such, all the godly, the sages and the elderly of all
sections of society gathered there. (9-10) Brahmâ,
the
master
of
the
universe,
accompanied
by the godly ones arriving there together with all the
leaders
of the enlightened world, saw on the right hand of that son of Vena,
the mark of Vishnu carrying the club. His two feet also showed the
[marks of the] lotus flower and thus he was certain that he dealt with
a
partial appearance of the Lord who with His invincible disc
[as a mark in His
hand] as a plenary portion represents the Supreme Interest. (11)
The brahmins attached to the rituals
arranged for his coronation and thus the people for his sake from
everywhere collected the different means for performing the
ceremony. (12) The
rivers, the seas, the mountains, the serpents, the cows, the birds and
the animals, the sky, the earth and all
living beings contributed with different kinds of gifts. (13) He was thus crowned the
Mahârâja. Exquisitely dressed and fully ornamented he
together with his nicely jeweled wife Arci appeared like a fire beyond
compare. (14) The keeper of wealth Kuvera, presented to
him a royal throne made of gold oh hero and Varuna gave him an umbrella
as brilliant as the moon which constantly showered a mist of water
droplets. (15) Vâyu on his turn gave him two camâras
[whisks] made of hair, Dharma a garland that added to his name and
fame, Indra gave a very valuable helmet and Yama gave him a scepter to
rule the world. (16) Brahmâ armed him with spiritual
knowledge, his wife Bhâratî the Goddess of Learning
[Sarasvatî] gave a transcendental necklace, the Supreme
Personality [Hari, Vishnu] gave him a Sudars'ana disc and His wife
Lakshmî gave him imperishable
opulence. (17)
Lord S'iva came with a sword decorated with ten moons and Durgâ
gave a likewise shield showing a hundred moons. The moon god gifted
horses of the finest breed and the demigod Vis'vakarmâ donated a
very beautiful chariot. (18)
Agni gave a bow made of horn, Sûrya gave arrows as brilliant as
sunlight, Bhûmi [the Goddess of the Earth] gave slippers that
empowered him with mystic union and the gods of the heavenly planets
presented him flowers day after day. (19)
The art of drama, singing the finest songs, playing musical instruments
as well as the ability to make things appear and disappear, were given
to him by the space travelers. The great sages blessed him with
infallibility and the god of the ocean produced a conch shell for him. (20) The seas,
the mountains and the rivers provided him passage for his chariot
and professed bards and officials of prayer and praise presented
themselves hailing him in verses.
(21) Seeing them engaged in their offerings, the
greatly powerful son of Vena spoke
as follows, smiling
with
a
voice
as
grave
as
the
thunder
of
clouds.
(22) King Prithu said: 'Oh dear bards, men of
prayer
and men of praise, the words of your address are in vain. The
way I am now present in this world I do not show all these possible
qualities. Thus why praise me for being the shelter? These words should
never be applied to me. (23)
Therefore
offer those prayers some future time when my qualities that you spoke about can
be
sufficiently appreciated oh gentle reciters. People of honor who
correctly discuss the qualities of the Supreme One who is glorified
in the scriptures, never offer those prayers to a detestable human
being. (24) Someone who causes followers to
extoll him for talents that he as a lord and master could have but in
reality does not have, is deceptively engaged and a fool
not to realize that people insult each other that way. (25) The ones in power certainly
don't like it to be praised. Despite of being very famous, they are
modest: [they know] that as
magnanimous as they are in their heroic deeds, they are just as well
abominable. (26) Oh
you
people led by practices of
praise, when we just now are not of any fame in the world or of any
praiseworthy action, how then could I engage you in
songs of praise for me as if you were children?'
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