भरतस्य महत् कर्म न पूर्वे नापरे नृपा: । नैवापुर्नैव प्राप्स्यन्ति बाहुभ्यां त्रिदिवं यथा ॥ २९ ॥
bharatasya mahat karma na purve napare nrpah naivapur naiva prapsyanti bahubhyam tridivam yatha
- bharatasya
- of Maharaja Bharata, the son of Maharaja Dusmanta
- mahat
- very great, exalted
- karma
- activities
- na
- neither
- purve
- previously
- na
- nor
- apare
- after his time
- nrpah
- kings as a class
- na
- neither
- eva
- certainly
- apuh
- attained
- na
- nor
- eva
- certainly
- prapsyanti
- will get
- bahubhyam
- by the strength of his arms
- tri-divam
- the heavenly planes
- yatha
- as.
As one cannot approach the heavenly planes simply by the strength of his arms (for who can touch the heavenly planes with his hands?), one cannot imitate the wonderful activities of Maharaja Bharata. No one could perform such activities in the past, nor will anyone be able to do so in the future.