Devanagari
स्तावकांस्तानभिप्रेत्य पृथुर्वैन्य: प्रतापवान् ।
मेघनिर्ह्रादया वाचा प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥ २१ ॥
Verse text
stāvakāṁs tān abhipretya
pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān
megha-nirhrādayā vācā
prahasann idam abravīt
Synonyms
stāvakān
—
engaged in offering prayers
;
tān
—
those persons
;
abhipretya
—
seeing, understanding
;
pṛthuḥ
—
King Pṛthu
;
vainyaḥ
—
son of Vena
;
pratāpa
—
vān — greatly powerful
;
megha
—
nirhrādayā — as grave as the thundering of clouds
;
vācā
—
with a voice
;
prahasan
—
smiling
;
idam
—
this
;
abravīt
—
he spoke .
Translation
Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Seeing them praise him, powerful Pṛthu, son of Vena, smiled and spoke like thunder.