SB 4.21.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

चारु चित्रपदं श्लक्ष्णं मृष्टं गूढमविक्लवम् ।
सर्वेषामुपकारार्थं तदा अनुवदन्निव ॥ २० ॥

caru citra-padam slaksnam

mrstam gudham aviklavam

sarvesam upakarartham

tada anuvadann iva

caru-beautiful; citra-padam-flowery; slaksnam-very clear; mrstam-very great; gudham-meaningful; aviklavam-without any doubt; sarvesam-for all; upakara-artham-just to benefit them; tada-at that time; anuvadan-began to repeat; iva-like.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Prthu's speech was very beautiful, full of metaphorical language, clearly understandable and very pleasing to hear. His words were all grave and certain. It appears that when he spoke, he expressed his personal realization of the Absolute Truth in order to benefit all who were present.

PURPORT

Maharaja Prthu was beautiful in his external bodily features, and his speech was also very glorious in all respects. His words, which were nicely composed in highly metaphorical ornamental language, were pleasing to hear and were not only mellow but also very clearly understandable and without doubt or ambiguity.