विदितानुरागमापौरप्रकृति जनपदो राजा नाभिरात्मजं समयसेतुरक्षायामभिषिच्य ब्राह्मणेषूपनिधाय सह मेरुदेव्या विशालायां प्रसन्ननिपुणेन तपसा समाधियोगेन नरनारायणाख्यं भगवन्तं वासुदेवमुपासीन: कालेन तन्महिमानमवाप ॥ ५ ॥
viditanuragam apaura-prakrti jana-pado raja nabhir atmajam samaya-setu-raksayam abhisicya brahmanesupanidhaya saha merudevya visalayam prasanna-nipunena tapasa samadhi-yogena nara-narayanakhyam bhagavantam vasudevam upasinah kalena tan-mahimanam avapa.
- vidita
- known very well
- anuragam
- popularity
- apaura-prakrti
- among all the citizens and government officers
- jana-padah
- desiring to serve the people in general
- raja
- the King
- nabhih
- Nabhi
- atmajam
- his son
- samaya-setu-raksayam
- to protect the people strictly according to the Vedic principles of religious life
- abhisicya
- enthroning
- brahmanesu
- to the learned brahmanas
- upanidhaya
- entrusting
- saha
- with
- merudevya
- his wife, Merudevi
- visalayam
- in Badarikasrama
- prasanna-nipunena
- performed with great satisfaction and expertise
- tapasa
- by austerities and penances
- samadhi-yogena
- by full samadhi
- nara-narayana-akhyam
- named Nara-Narayana
- bhagavantam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- vasudevam
- Krsna
- upasinah
- worshiping
- kalena
- in due course of time
- tat-mahimanam
- His glorious abode, the spiritual world, Vaikuntha
- avapa
- achieved
King Nabhi understood that his son, Rsabhadeva, was very popular among the citizens and among government officers and ministers. Understanding the popularity of his son, Maharaja Nabhi enthroned Him as the emperor of the world to give protection to the general populace in terms of the Vedic religious system. To do this, he entrusted Him into the hands of learned brahmanas, who would guide Him in administrating the government. Then Maharaja Nabhi and his wife, Merudevi, went to Badarikasrama in the Himalaya Mountains, where the King engaged Himself very expertly in austerities and penances with great jubilation. In full samadhi he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nara-Narayana, who is Krsna in His plenary expansion. By doing so, in course of time Maharaja Nabhi was elevated to the spiritual world known as Vaikuntha.