एष धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो लोकं धर्मेऽनुवर्तयन् । गोप्ता च धर्मसेतूनां शास्ता तत्परिपन्थिनाम् ॥ ४ ॥
esa dharma-bhrtam srestho lokam dharme ’nuvartayan gopta ca dharma-setunam sasta tat-paripanthinam
- esah
- this King Prthu
- dharma-bhrtam
- of persons executing religious activities
- sresthah
- the best
- lokam
- the whole world
- dharme
- in religious activities
- anuvartayan
- engaging them properly
- gopta
- the protector
- ca
- also
- dharma-setunam
- of the principles of religion
- sasta
- the chastiser
- tat-paripanthinam
- of those who are against religious principles.
This King, Maharaja Prthu, is the best amongst those who are following religious principles. As such, he will engage everyone in the pursuit of religious principles and give those principles all protection. He will also be a great chastiser to the irreligious and atheistic.