यद्वेनमुत्पथगतं द्विजवाक्यवज्र- निष्प्लुष्टपौरुषभगं निरये पतन्तम् । त्रात्वार्थितो जगति पुत्रपदं च लेभे दुग्धा वसूनि वसुधा सकलानि येन ॥ ९ ॥
yad venam utpatha-gatam dvija-vakya-vajra- nisplusta-paurusa-bhagam niraye patantam tratvarthito jagati putra-padam ca lebhe dugdha vasuni vasudha sakalani yena
- yat
- when
- venam
- unto King Vena
- utpatha-gatam
- going astray from the righteous path
- dvija
- of the brahmanas
- vakya
- words of cursing
- vajra
- thunderbolt
- nisplusta
- being burnt by
- paurusa
- great deeds
- bhagam
- opulence
- niraye
- into hell
- patantam
- going down
- tratva
- by delivering
- arthitah
- so being prayed for
- jagati
- on the world
- putra-padam
- the position of the son
- ca
- as well as
- lebhe
- achieved
- dugdha
- exploited
- vasuni
- produce
- vasudha
- the earth
- sakalani
- all kinds of
- yena
- by whom
Maharaja Vena went astray from the path of righteousness, and the brahmanas chastised him by the thunderbolt curse. By this King Vena was burnt with his good deeds and opulence and was en route to hell. The Lord, by His causeless mercy, descended as his son, by the name of Prthu, delivered the condemned King Vena from hell, and exploited the earth by drawing all kinds of crops as produce.