SB 9.20.29 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

भरतस्य महत् कर्म न पूर्वे नापरे नृपा: । नैवापुर्नैव प्राप्स्यन्ति बाहुभ्यां त्रिदिवं यथा ॥ २९ ॥

Verse text

bharatasya mahat karma na pūrve nāpare nṛpāḥ naivāpur naiva prāpsyanti bāhubhyāṁ tridivaṁ yathā

Synonyms

bharatasya — of Mahārāja Bharata, the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta ; mahat — very great, exalted ; karma — activities ; na — neither ; pūrve — previously ; na — nor ; apare — after his time ; nṛpāḥ — kings as a class ; na — neither ; eva — certainly ; āpuḥ — attained ; na — nor ; eva — certainly ; prāpsyanti — will get ; bāhubhyām — by the strength of his arms ; tri — divam — the heavenly planets ; yathā — as .

Translation

As one cannot approach the heavenly planets simply by the strength of his arms (for who can touch the heavenly planets with his hands?), one cannot imitate the wonderful activities of Mahārāja Bharata. No one could perform such activities in the past, nor will anyone be able to do so in the future.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

No kings in the past or after his time could perform the great actions of Bharata, just as, by the power of their arms, they could not attain Svarga.