सप्तद्वीपाधिपतयो नृपा वैन्यगयादय: । अर्थै: कामैर्गता नान्तं तृष्णाया इति न: श्रुतम् ॥ २३ ॥
sapta-dvipadhipatayo nrpa vainya-gayadayah arthaih kamair gata nantam trsnaya iti nah srutam
- sapta-dvipa-adhipatayah
- those who are proprietors of the seven islands
- nrpah
- such kings
- vainya-gaya-adayah
- Maharaja Prthu, Maharaja Gaya and others
- arthaih
- for fulfillment of ambition
- kamaih
- for satisfying one’s desires
- gatah na
- could not reach
- antam
- the end
- trsnayah
- of their ambitions
- iti
- thus
- nah
- by Us
- srutam
- has been heard.
We have heard that although powerful kings like Maharaja Prthu and Maharaja Gaya achieved proprietorship over the seven dvipas, they could not achieve satisfaction or find the end of their ambitions.