SB 4.30.15

SB 4.30.15

Devanagari

प्रजाविसर्ग आदिष्टा: पित्रा मामनुवर्तता । तत्र कन्यां वरारोहां तामुद्वहत मा चिरम् ॥ १५ ॥

Verse text

prajā-visarga ādiṣṭāḥ pitrā mām anuvartatā tatra kanyāṁ varārohāṁ tām udvahata mā ciram

Synonyms

prajā visarge — to create progeny ; ādiṣṭāḥ being ordered ; pitrā by your father ; mām My direction ; anuvartatā following ; tatra there ; kanyām the daughter ; vara ārohām — highly qualified and exquisitely beautiful ; tām her ; udvahata marry ; without ; ciram wasting time .

Translation

Since all of you are very much obedient to My orders, I ask you to immediately marry that girl, who is so well qualified with beauty and good qualities. According to the order of your father, create progeny through her.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Ordered by your father, who is obedient to me, to produce progeny, please go to that place and marry this beautiful young woman without delay. You have been ordered by your father, who is obedient to me. Go there and marry her.

Purport

The Pracetās not only were great devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead but were very obedient to the orders of their father. Therefore the Lord asked them to marry the daughter of Pramlocā.