तथा तद्राष्ट्रपालोऽङ्ग बहुलाश्व इति श्रुत: । मैथिलो निरहम्मान उभावप्यच्युतप्रियौ ॥ १६ ॥
tathā tad-rāṣṭra-pālo ’ṅga bahulāśva iti śrutaḥ maithilo niraham-māna ubhāv apy acyuta-priyau
- tathā
- also (an advanced devotee of Kṛṣṇa)
- tat
- of that
- rāṣṭra
- kingdom
- pālaḥ
- the ruler
- aṅga
- my dear (Parīkṣit)
- bahulāśvaḥ iti śrutaḥ
- known as Bahulāśva
- maithilaḥ
- of the royal dynasty descending from King Mithila (Janaka)
- niraham-mānaḥ
- free from false ego
- ubhau
- both of them
- api
- indeed
- acyuta-priyau
- dear to Lord Acyuta
Similarly free from false ego was the ruler of that kingdom, my dear Parīkṣit, a descendant of the Mithila dynasty named Bahulāśva. Both these devotees were very dear to Lord Acyuta.