SB 4.22.17
TEXT 17
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TEXT
मैत्रेय उवाच
पृथोस्तत्सूक्तमाकर्ण्य सारं सुष्ठु मितं मधु । स्मयमान इव प्रीत्या कुमारः प्रत्युवाच ह ॥ १७ ॥ maitreya uvaca
prthos tat sūktam akarnya
saram susthu mitam madhu
smayamana iva pritya
kumaraḥ pratyuvaca ha
maitreyaḥ uvaca-the great sage Maitreya continued to speak; prthoḥ-of King Prthu; tat-that; sūktam-Vedic conclusion; akarnya-hearing; saram-very substantial; susthu-appropriate; mitam-minimized; madhu-sweet to hear; smayamanaḥ-smiling; iva-like; pritya-out of great satisfaction; kumaraḥ-celibate; pratyuvaca-replied; ha-thus.
TRANSLATION
Thus Sanatkumara, the best of the celibates, after hearing the speech of Prthu Maharaja, which was meaningful, appropriate, full of precise words and very sweet to hear, smiled with full satisfaction and began to speak as follows.
PURPORT
Prthu Maharaja's talks before the Kumaras were very laudable because of so many qualifications. A speech should be composed of selected words, very sweet to hear and appropriate to the situation. Such speech is called meaningful. All these good qualifications are present in Prthu Maharaja's speech because he is a perfect devotee. It is said, yasyasti bhaktir bhagavaty akincana sarvair gunais tatra samasate suraḥ: "For one who has unflinching devotional faith and is engaged in His service, all good qualities become manifest in his person." (Bhag. 5.18.12) Thus the Kumaras were very much pleased, and Sanat-kumara began to speak as follows.
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