मैत्रेय उवाच दृष्ट्वात्मानं प्रवयसमेकदा वैन्य आत्मवान् । आत्मना वर्धिताशेषस्वानुसर्ग: प्रजापति: ॥ १ ॥ जगतस्तस्थुषश्चापि वृत्तिदो धर्मभृत्सताम् । निष्पादितेश्वरादेशो यदर्थमिह जज्ञिवान् ॥ २ ॥ आत्मजेष्वात्मजां न्यस्य विरहाद्रुदतीमिव । प्रजासु विमन:स्वेक: सदारोऽगात्तपोवनम् ॥ ३ ॥
maitreya uvaca drstvatmanam pravayasam ekada vainya atmavan atmana vardhitasesa- svanusargah prajapatih jagatas tasthusas capi vrttido dharma-bhrt satam nispaditesvaradeso yad-artham iha jajnivan atmajesv atmajam nyasya virahad rudatim iva prajasu vimanahsv ekah sa-daro ’gat tapo-vanam
- maitreyah uvaca
- the sage Maitreya continued to speak
- drstva
- after seeing
- atmanam
- of the body
- pravayasam
- old age
- ekada
- once upon a time
- vainyah
- King Prthu
- atma-van
- fully conversant in spiritual education
- atmana
- by oneself
- vardhita
- increased
- asesa
- unlimitedly
- sva-anusargah
- creation of material opulences
- praja-patih
- a protector of citizens
- jagatah
- moving
- tasthusah
- not moving
- ca
- also
- api
- certainly
- vrtti-dah
- one who gives pensions
- dharma-bhrt
- one who observes the religious principles
- satam
- of the devotees
- nispadita
- fully executed
- isvara
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- adesah
- order
- yat-artham
- in coordination with Him
- iha
- in this world
- jajnivan
- performed
- atma-jesu
- unto his sons
- atma-jam
- the earth
- nyasya
- indicating
- virahat
- out of separation
- rudatim iva
- just like lamenting
- prajasu
- unto the citizens
- vimanahsu
- unto the aggrieved
- ekah
- alone
- sa-darah
- with his wife
- agat
- went
- tapah-vanam
- in the forest where one can execute austerities
At the last stage of his life, when Maharaja Prthu saw himself getting old, that great soul, who was king of the world, divided whatever opulence he had accumulated amongst all kinds of living entities, moving and nonmoving. He arranged pensions for everyone according to religious principles, and after executing the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in complete coordination with Him, he dedicated his sons unto the earth, which was considered to be his daughter. Then Maharaja Prthu left the presence of his citizens, who were almost lamenting and crying from feeling separation from the King, and went to the forest alone with his wife to perform austerities.