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  "name":"SB 4.15.21",
  "h1":"SB 4.15.21",
  "label":"Text 21",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 4.15.21",
  "description":"Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows."

} —

SB 4.15.21

स्तावकांस्तानभिप्रेत्य पृथुर्वैन्यः प्रतापवान् ।
मेघनिर्ह्रादया वाचा प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥२१॥

Text

stāvakāṁs tān abhipretya
pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān
megha-nirhrādayā vācā
prahasann idam abravīt

Synonyms

stāvakān—engaged in offering prayers; tān—those persons; abhipretya—seeing, understanding; pṛthuḥ—King Pṛthu; vainyaḥ—son of Vena; pratāpa-vān—greatly powerful; megha-nirhrādayā—as grave as the thundering of clouds; vācā—with a voice; prahasan—smiling; idam—this; abravīt—he spoke.

Translation

Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.