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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.17.1

मैत्रेय उवाच एवं स भगवान् वैन्य: ख्यापितो गुणकर्मभि: । छन्दयामास तान् कामै: प्रतिपूज्याभिनन्द्य च ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
evaṁ sa bhagavān vainyaḥ
[evam sa bhagavaan vainyah]
khyāpito guṇa-karmabhiḥ
[khyaapito guna-karmabhih]
chandayām āsa tān kāmaiḥ
[chandayaam aasa taan kaamaih]
pratipūjyābhinandya ca
[pratipoojyaabhinandya cha]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak evam — thus saḥ — he bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead vainyaḥ — in the form of the son of King Vena khyāpitaḥ — being glorified guṇa-karmabhiḥ — by qualities and factual activities chandayām āsa — pacified tān — those reciters kāmaiḥ — by various presentations pratipūjya — offering all respects abhinandya — offering prayers ca — also.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
evaṁ sa bhagavān vainyaḥ
evam
thus
saḥ
he
bhagavān
the Personality of Godhead
vainyaḥ
in the form of the son of King Vena
khyāpito guṇa-karmabhiḥ
khyāpitaḥ
being glorified
guṇa-karmabhiḥ
by qualities and factual activities
chandayām āsa tān kāmaiḥ
chandayām āsa
pacified
tān
those reciters
kāmaiḥ
by various presentations
pratipūjyābhinandya ca
pratipūjya
offering all respects
abhinandya
offering prayers
ca
also.
The great sage Maitreya continued: In this way the reciters who were glorifying Mahārāja Pṛthu readily described his qualities and chivalrous activities. At the end, Mahārāja Pṛthu offered them various presentations with all due respect and worshiped them adequately.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: Glorified by the reciters, Pṛthu then satisfied them with gifts after worshipping and glorifying them. In the Seventeenth Chapter, when starving people begged him for food, Pṛthu catches the earth, who had seized everything, and in fright, the earth praises Pṛthu. Chandayām āsa means “he satisfied them.”
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Personal Guidance
After the reciters finished, Pṛthu offered them presentations and worshiped them adequately. Receiving praise without reward is incomplete; honor those who honored you.
Reflection Questions
  • Whom have I let praise me without ever returning material or relational acknowledgment?
  • Where could a tangible gift complete a relational debt I've been carrying?
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