राजेत्यधान्नामधेयं सोमराज इवापर: । सूर्यवद्विसृजन् गृह्णन् प्रतपंश्च भुवो वसु ॥ ५६ ॥
rajety adhan namadheyam soma-raja ivaparah suryavad visrjan grhnan pratapams ca bhuvo vasu
- raja
- the King
- iti
- thus
- adhat
- took up
- namadheyam
- of the name
- soma-rajah
- the king of the moon plane
- iva
- like
- aparah
- on the other hand
- surya-vat
- like the sun-god
- visrjan
- distributing
- grhnan
- exacting
- pratapan
- by strong ruling
- ca
- also
- bhuvah
- of the world
- vasu
- revenue.
Maharaja Prthu became as celebrated a king as Soma-raja, the king of the moon. He was also powerful and exacting, just like the sun-god, who distributes heat and light and at the same time exacts all the planeary waters.