SB 5.20.14

SB 5.20.14

Devanagari

तद्‌द्वीपपति: प्रैयव्रतो राजन् हिरण्यरेता नाम स्वं द्वीपं सप्तभ्य: स्वपुत्रेभ्यो यथाभागं विभज्य स्वयं तप आतिष्ठत वसुवसुदानद‍ृढरुचिनाभिगुप्तस्तुत्यव्रतविविक्तवामदेवनामभ्य: ॥ १४ ॥

Verse text

tad-dvīpa-patiḥ praiyavrato rājan hiraṇyaretā nāma svaṁ dvīpaṁ saptabhyaḥ sva-putrebhyo yathā-bhāgaṁ vibhajya svayaṁ tapa ātiṣṭhata vasu-vasudāna-dṛḍharuci-nābhigupta-stutyavrata-vivikta-vāmadeva-nāmabhyaḥ.

Synonyms

tat dvīpa — patiḥ — the master of that island ; praiyavrataḥ the son of Mahārāja Priyavrata ; rājan O King ; hiraṇyaretā Hiraṇyaretā ; nāma named ; svam his own ; dvīpam island ; saptabhyaḥ unto seven ; sva putrebhyaḥ — his own sons ; yathā bhāgam — according to division ; vibhajya dividing ; svayam himself ; tapaḥ ātiṣṭhata engaged in austerities ; vasu unto Vasu ; vasudāna Vasudāna ; dṛḍharuci Dṛḍharuci ; nābhi gupta — Nābhigupta ; stutya vrata — Stutyavrata ; vivikta Vivikta ; vāma deva — Vāmadeva ; nāmabhyaḥ named .

Translation

O King, another son of Mahārāja Priyavrata, Hiraṇyaretā, was the king of this island. He divided it into seven parts, which he delivered to his seven sons according to the rights of inheritance. The King then retired from family life to engage in austerities. The names of those sons are Vasu, Vasudāna, Dṛḍharuci, Stutyavrata, Nābhigupta, Vivikta and Vāmadeva.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

O King! Another son of Mahārāja Priyavrata, Hiraṇyaretā, was the king of this island. He divided it into seven parts, which he delivered to his seven sons according to the rights of inheritance. The King then retired from family life to engage in austerities. The names of those sons are Vasu, Vasudāna, Dṛḍharuci, Stutyavrata, Nābhigupta, Vivikta and Vāmadeva.