ये ये भूपतयो राजन् भुञ्जते भुवमोजसा । कालेन ते कृता: सर्वे कथामात्रा: कथासु च ॥ ४४ ॥
ye ye bhū-patayo rājan bhuñjate bhuvam ojasā kālena te kṛtāḥ sarve kathā-mātrāḥ kathāsu ca
- ye ye
- whatever
- bhū-patayaḥ
- kings
- rājan
- O King Parīkṣit
- bhuñjate
- enjoy
- bhuvam
- the world
- ojasā
- with their power
- kālena
- by the force of time
- te
- they
- kṛtāḥ
- have been made
- sarve
- all
- kathā-mātrāḥ
- mere accounts
- kathāsu
- in various histories
- ca
- and
My dear King Parīkṣit, all these kings who tried to enjoy the earth by their strength were reduced by the force of time to nothing more than historical accounts.