SB 4.22.54
TEXT 54
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TEXT
विजिताश्वं धूम्रकेशं हर्यक्षं द्रविणं वृकम् ।
सर्वेषां लोकपालानां दधारैकः पृथुर्गुणान् ॥ ५४ ॥ vijitasvam dhūmrakesam
haryaksam dravinam vrkam
sarvesam loka-palanam
dadharaikaḥ prthur gunan
vijitasvam-of the name Vijitasva; dhūmrakesam-of the name Dhūmrakesa; haryaksam-of the name Haryaksa; dravinam-of the name Dravina; vrkam-of the name Vrka; sarvesam-of all; loka-palanam-the governing heads of all planets; dadhara-accepted; ekaḥ-one; prthuḥ-King Prthu Maharaja; gunan-all qualities.
TRANSLATION
After begetting five sons named Vijitasva, Dhūmrakesa, Haryaksa, Dravina and Vrka, Prthu Maharaja continued to rule the planet. He accepted all the qualities of the deities who governed all other planets.
PURPORT
In each and every planet there is a predominating deity. It is understood from Bhagavad-gita that in the sun there is a predominating deity named Vivasvan. Similarly, there is a predominating deity of the moon and of the various planets. Actually the predominating deities in all the other planets are descendants from the predominating deities of the sun and moon. On this planet earth there are two ksatriya dynasties, and one comes from the predominating deity of the sun and the other from the predominating deity of the moon, known as Sūrya-vamsa and Candra-vamsa respectively. When monarchy existed on this planet, the chief member was one of the members of the Sūrya dynasty or Sūrya-vamsa, and the subordinate kings belonged to the Candra-vamsa. However, Maharaja Prthu was so powerful that he could exhibit all the qualities of the predominating deities in other planets.
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