SB 4.18.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

अथास्मिन्भगवान्वैन्यः प्रजानां वृत्तिदः पिता ।
निवासान्कल्पयाञ्चक्रे तत्र तत्र यथार्हतः ॥ ३० ॥

athasmin bhagavan vainyah

prajanam vrtti-dah pita

nivasan kalpayan cakre

tatra tatra yatharhatah

atha-thus; asmin-on this earth planet; bhagavan-the Personality of Godhead; vainyah-son of Vena; prajanam-of the citizens; vrtti-dah-who supplies employment; pita-a father; nivasan-residences; kalpayam-suitable; cakre-make; tatra tatra-here and there; yatha-as; arhatah-desirable, suitable.

TRANSLATION

To all the citizens of the state, King Prthu was as good as a father. Thus he was visibly engaged in giving them proper subsistence and proper employment for subsistence. After leveling the surface of the globe, he earmarked different places for residential quarters, inasmuch as they were desirable.

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