मैत्रेय उवाच गङ्गायमुनयोर्नद्योरन्तरा क्षेत्रमावसन् । आरब्धानेव बुभुजे भोगान् पुण्यजिहासया ॥ ११ ॥
maitreya uvaca ganga-yamunayor nadyor antara ksetram avasan arabdhan eva bubhuje bhogan punya-jihasaya
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great saint Maitreya said
- ganga
- the River Ganges
- yamunayoh
- of the River Yamuna
- nadyoh
- of the two rivers
- antara
- between
- ksetram
- the land
- avasan
- living there
- arabdhan
- destined
- eva
- like
- bubhuje
- enjoyed
- bhogan
- fortunes
- punya
- pious activities
- jihasaya
- for the purpose of diminishing.
The great saintly sage Maitreya told Vidura: My dear Vidura, King Prthu lived in the tract of land between the two great rivers Ganges and Yamuna. Because he was very opulent, it appeared that he was enjoying his destined fortune in order to diminish the results of his past pious activities.