पृथुरुवाच वसुधे त्वां वधिष्यामि मच्छासनपराङ्मुखीम् । भागं बर्हिषि या वृङ्क्ते न तनोति च नो वसु ॥ २२ ॥
prthur uvaca vasudhe tvam vadhisyami mac-chasana-paran-mukhim bhagam barhisi ya vrnkte na tanoti ca no vasu
- prthuh uvaca
- King Prthu replied
- vasu-dhe
- my dear earthly plane
- tvam
- you
- vadhisyami
- I shall kill
- mat
- my
- sasana
- rulings
- parak-mukhim
- disobedient to
- bhagam
- your share
- barhisi
- in the yajna
- ya
- who
- vrnkte
- accepts
- na
- not
- tanoti
- does deliver
- ca
- and
- nah
- to us
- vasu
- produce.
King Prthu replied to the earthly Planet: My dear earth, you have disobeyed my orders and rulings. In the form of a demigod you accepted your share of the yajnas we performed, but in return you have not produced sufficient food grains. For this reason I must kill you.