इति स्म राजाध्यवसाययुक्त: प्राचीनमूलेषु कुशेषु धीर: । उदङ्मुखो दक्षिणकूल आस्ते समुद्रपत्न्या: स्वसुतन्यस्तभार: ॥ १७ ॥
iti sma rajadhyavasaya-yuktah pracina-mulesu kusesu dhirah udan-mukho daksina-kula aste samudra-patnyah sva-suta-nyasta-bharah
- iti
- thus
- sma
- as in the past
- raja
- the King
- adhyavasaya
- perseverance
- yuktah
- being engaged
- pracina
- eastern
- mulesu
- with the root
- kusesu
- on a seat made of kusa straw
- dhirah
- self-controlled
- udan-mukhah
- facing the northern side
- daksina
- on the southern
- kule
- bank
- aste
- situated
- samudra
- the sea
- patnyah
- wife of (the Ganges)
- sva
- own
- suta
- son
- nyasta
- given over
- bharah
- the charge of administration
In perfect self-control, Maharaja Pariksit sat down on a seat of straw, with straw-roots facing the east, placed on the southern bank of the Ganges, and he himself faced the north. Just previously he had given charge of his kingdom over to his son.