पृथुरुवाच भो: सूत हे मागध सौम्य वन्दिँ- ल्लोकेऽधुनास्पष्टगुणस्य मे स्यात् । किमाश्रयो मे स्तव एष योज्यतां मा मय्यभूवन्वितथा गिरो व: ॥ २२ ॥
prthur uvaca bhoh suta he magadha saumya vandil loke ’dhunaspasta-gunasya me syat kim asrayo me stava esa yojyatam ma mayy abhuvan vitatha giro vah
- prthuh uvaca
- King Prthu said
- bhoh suta
- O suta
- he magadha
- O magadha
- saumya
- gentle
- vandin
- O devotee offering prayers
- loke
- in this world
- adhuna
- just now
- aspasta
- not distinct
- gunasya
- whose qualities
- me
- of me
- syat
- there may be
- kim
- why
- asrayah
- shelter
- me
- of me
- stavah
- praise
- esah
- this
- yojyatam
- may be applied
- ma
- never
- mayi
- unto me
- abhuvan
- were
- vitathah
- in vain
- girah
- words
- vah
- your.
King Prthu said: O gentle suta, magadha and other devotee offering prayers, the qualities of which you have spoken are not distinct in me. Why then should you praise me for all these qualities when I do not shelter these features? I do not wish for these words meant for me to go in vain, but it is better that they be offered to someone else.