मैत्रेय उवाच जनेषु प्रगृणत्स्वेवं पृथुं पृथुलविक्रमम् । तत्रोपजग्मुर्मुनयश्चत्वार: सूर्यवर्चस: ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca janesu pragrnatsv evam prthum prthula-vikramam tatropajagmur munayas catvarah surya-varcasah
- maitreyah uvaca
- the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
- janesu
- the citizens
- pragrnatsu
- while praying for
- evam
- thus
- prthum
- unto Maharaja Prthu
- prthula
- highly
- vikramam
- powerful
- tatra
- there
- upajagmuh
- arrived
- munayah
- the Kumaras
- catvarah
- four
- surya
- as the sun
- varcasah
- bright.
The great sage Maitreya said: While the citizens were thus praying to the most powerful King Prthu, the four Kumaras, who were as bright as the sun, arrived on the spot.