SB 9.20.23
TEXT 23
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TEXT
पितर्युपरते सो ऽपि चक्रवर्ती महायशाः ।
महिमा गीयते तस्य हरेरंशभुवो भुवि ॥ २३ ॥ pitary uparate so 'pi
cakravarti maha-yasah
mahima giyate tasya
harer amsa-bhuvo bhuvi
pitari-after his father; uparate-passed away; sah-the King's son; api-also; cakravarti-the emperor; maha-yasah-very famous; mahima-glories; giyate-are glorified; tasya-his; hareh-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; amsa-bhuvah-a partial representation; bhuvi-upon this earth.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When Maharaja Dusmanta passed away from this earth, his son became the emperor of the world, the proprietor of the seven islands. He is referred to as a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this world.
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (10.41) it is said:
yad yad vibhutimat sattvam
srimad urjitam eva va tat tad evavagaccha tvam mama tejo 'msa-sambhavam Anyone extraordinarily powerful must be considered a partial representation of the opulence of the Supreme Godhead. Therefore when the son of Maharaja Dusmanta became the emperor of the entire world, he was celebrated in this way.
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