मैत्रेय उवाच विजिताश्वोऽधिराजासीत्पृथुपुत्र: पृथुश्रवा: । यवीयोभ्योऽददात्काष्ठा भ्रातृभ्यो भ्रातृवत्सल: ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvaca vijitasvo ’dhirajasit prthu-putrah prthu-sravah yaviyobhyo ’dadat kastha bhratrbhyo bhratr-vatsalah
- maitreyah uvaca
- Maitreya continued to speak
- vijitasvah
- of the name Vijitasva
- adhiraja
- the emperor
- asit
- became
- prthu-putrah
- the son of Maharaja Prthu
- prthu-sravah
- of great activities
- yaviyobhyah
- unto the younger brothers
- adadat
- offered
- kasthah
- different directions
- bhratrbhyah
- unto the brothers
- bhratr-vatsalah
- very affectionate to the brothers.
The great sage Maitreya continued: Vijitasva, the eldest son of Maharaja Prthu, who had a reputation like his father’s, became emperor and gave his younger brothers different directions of the world to govern, for he was very affectionate toward his brothers.