TEXT 4
ayam tu prathamo rajnam
puman prathayita yasah
prthur nama maharajo
bhavisyati prthu-sravah
SYNONYMS
ayamthis; tuthen; prathamahthe first; rajnamof kings; pumanthe male; prathayitawill expand; yasahreputation; prthuhMaharaja Prthu; namaby name; maha-rajahthe great king; bhavisyatiwill become; prthu-sravahof wide renown.
TRANSLATION
Of the two, the male will be able to expand his reputation throughout the world. His name will be Prthu. Indeed, he will be the first among kings.
PURPORT
There are different types of incarnations of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In the sastras it is said that Garuda (the carrier of Lord Visnu) and Lord Siva and Ananta are all very powerful incarnations of the Brahman feature of the Lord. Similarly, Sacipati, or Indra, the King of heaven, is an incarnation of the lusty feature of the Lord. Aniruddha is an incarnation of the Lords mind. Similarly, King Prthu is an incarnation of the ruling force of the Lord. Thus the saintly persons and great sages predicted the future activities of King Prthu, who was already explained as a partial incarnation of a plenary expansion of the Lord.

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