प्रस्थानाभिमुखोऽप्येनमनुग्रहविलम्बित: । पश्यन् पद्मपलाशाक्षो न प्रतस्थे सुहृत्सताम् ॥ २० ॥
prasthanabhimukho ’py enam anugraha-vilambitah pasyan padma-palasakso na pratasthe suhrt satam
- prasthana
- to leave
- abhimukhah
- ready
- api
- although
- enam
- him (Prthu)
- anugraha
- by kindness
- vilambitah
- detained
- pasyan
- seeing
- padma-palasa-aksah
- the Lord, whose eyes are like the petals of a lotus flower
- na
- not
- pratasthe
- departed
- suhrt
- the well-wisher
- satam
- of the devotees.
The Lord was just about to leave, but because He was so greatly inclined toward the behavior of King Prthu, He did not depart. Seeing the behavior of Maharaja Prthu with His lotus eyes, He was detained because He is always the well-wisher of His devotees.