Devanagari
अलक्षयन्त: पदवीं प्रजापते-
र्हतोद्यमा: प्रत्युपसृत्य ते पुरीम् ।
ऋषीन् समेतानभिवन्द्य साश्रवो
न्यवेदयन् पौरव भर्तृविप्लवम् ॥ ४९ ॥
Verse text
alakṣayantaḥ padavīṁ prajāpater
hatodyamāḥ pratyupasṛtya te purīm
ṛṣīn sametān abhivandya sāśravo
nyavedayan paurava bhartṛ-viplavam
Synonyms
alakṣayantaḥ
—
not finding
;
padavīm
—
any trace
;
prajāpateḥ
—
of King Aṅga
;
hata
—
udyamāḥ — having become disappointed
;
pratyupasṛtya
—
after returning
;
te
—
those citizens
;
purīm
—
to the city
;
ṛṣīn
—
the great sages
;
sametān
—
assembled
;
abhivandya
—
after making respectful obeisances
;
sa
—
aśravaḥ — with tears in their eyes
;
nyavedayan
—
informed
;
paurava
—
O Vidura
;
bhartṛ
—
of the King
;
viplavam
—
the absence .
Translation
When the citizens could not find any trace of the King after searching for him everywhere, they were very disappointed, and they returned to the city, where all the great sages of the country assembled because of the King’s absence. With tears in their eyes the citizens offered respectful obeisances and informed the sages in full detail that they were unable to find the King anywhere.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
O Vidura! Not finding the path of the King, they returned to the city in disappointment. With tears in their eyes, greeting the assembled sages, they informed the sages of the disappearance of the King.
O Vidura (paurava)! Bhartṛ-viplavam means the disappearance of the King.
Thus ends the commentary on the Thirteenth Chapter of the Fourth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas.
Chapter Fourteen
The Sages Curse King Vena
4.14: The Story of King Vena
14. The Story of King Vena
Purport
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fourth Canto, Thirteenth Chapter, of the
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam,
entitled “Description of the Descendants of Dhruva Mahārāja.”