Devanagari
विजिताश्वं धूम्रकेशं हर्यक्षं द्रविणं
वृकम् ।
सर्वेषां लोकपालानां दधारैक: पृथुर्गुणान् ॥ ५४ ॥
Verse text
vijitāśvaṁ dhūmrakeśaṁ
haryakṣaṁ draviṇaṁ vṛkam
sarveṣāṁ loka-pālānāṁ
dadhāraikaḥ pṛthur guṇān
Synonyms
vijitāśvam
—
of the name Vijitāśva
;
dhūmrakeśam
—
of the name Dhūmrakeśa
;
haryakṣam
—
of the name Haryakṣa
;
draviṇam
—
of the name Draviṇa
;
vṛkam
—
of the name Vṛka
;
sarveṣām
—
of all
;
loka
—
pālānām — the governing heads of all planets
;
dadhāra
—
accepted
;
ekaḥ
—
one
;
pṛthuḥ
—
Pṛthu Mahārāja
;
guṇān
—
all qualities .
Translation
After begetting five sons, named Vijitāśva, Dhūmrakeśa, Haryakṣa, Draviṇa and Vṛka, Pṛthu Mahārāja continued to rule the planet. He accepted all the qualities of the deities who governed all other planets.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The sons were Vijitāśva, Dhūmrakeśa, Haryakṣa, Draviṇa and Vṛka. Pṛthu embodied all the qualities of the devatās.
Just as previously, at his birth, he was praised by the bards, at all times he was praised. That is shown in the following verses.
Purport
In each and every planet there is a predominating deity. It is understood from
Bhagavad-gītā
that in the sun there is a predominating deity named Vivasvān. Similarly, there is a predominating deity of the moon and of the various planets. Actually the predominating deities in all the other planets are descendants from the predominating deities of the sun and moon. On this planet earth there are two
kṣatriya
dynasties, one coming from the predominating deity of the sun and the other from the predominating deity of the moon. These dynasties are known as Sūrya-vaṁśa and Candra-vaṁśa respectively. When monarchy existed on this planet, the chief member was one of the members of the Sūrya dynasty, or Sūrya-vaṁśa, and the subordinate kings belonged to the Candra-vaṁśa. However, Mahārāja Pṛthu was so powerful that he could exhibit all the qualities of the predominating deities in other planets.
In the modern age, people from earth have tried to go to the moon, but they have not been able to find anyone there, what to speak of meeting the moon’s predominating deity. The Vedic literature, however, repeatedly informs us that the moon is full of highly elevated inhabitants who are counted amongst the demigods. We are therefore always in doubt about what kind of moon adventure the modern scientists of this planet earth have undertaken.