yadabhisiktah prthur aṅga viprair
amantrito janatayas ca palah
praja niranne ksiti-prstha etya
ksut-ksama-dehah patim abhyavocan
maitreyah uvaca-the great sage Maitreya said; yada-when; abhisiktah-was enthroned; prthuh-King Prthu; aṅga-my dear Vidura; vipraih-by the brahmanas; amantritah-was declared; janatayah-of the people; ca-also; palah-the protector; prajah-the citizens; niranne-being without food grains; ksiti-prsthe-the surface of the globe; etya-coming near; ksudh-by hunger; ksama-skinny; dehah-their bodies; patim-to the protector; abhyavocan-they said.