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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.22.1

मैत्रेय उवाच जनेषु प्रगृणत्स्वेवं पृथुं पृथुलविक्रमम् । तत्रोपजग्मुर्मुनयश्चत्वार: सूर्यवर्चस: ॥ १ ॥
maitreya uvāca
[maitreya uvaacha]
janeṣu pragṛṇatsv evaṁ
[janeshu pragrinatsv evam]
pṛthuṁ pṛthula-vikramam
[prithum prithula-vikramam]
tatropajagmur munayaś
[tatropajagmur munayash]
catvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ
[chatvaarah soorya-varchasah]
Word-for-word
maitreyaḥ uvāca — the great sage Maitreya continued to speak janeṣu — the citizens pragṛṇatsu — while praying for evam — thus pṛthum — unto Mahārāja Pṛthu pṛthula — highly vikramam — powerful tatra — there upajagmuḥ — arrived munayaḥ — the Kumāras catvāraḥ — four sūrya — as the sun varcasaḥ — bright.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
maitreya uvāca
maitreyaḥ uvāca
the great sage Maitreya continued to speak
janeṣu pragṛṇatsv evaṁ
janeṣu
the citizens
pragṛṇatsu
while praying for
evam
thus
pṛthuṁ pṛthula-vikramam
pṛthum
unto Mahārāja Pṛthu
pṛthula
highly
vikramam
powerful
tatropajagmur munayaś
tatra
there
upajagmuḥ
arrived
munayaḥ
the Kumāras
catvāraḥ sūrya-varcasaḥ
catvāraḥ
four
sūrya
as the sun
varcasaḥ
bright.
The great sage Maitreya said: While the citizens were thus praying to the most powerful King Pṛthu, the four Kumāras, who were as bright as the sun, arrived on the spot.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Maitreya said: While the people were praising Pṛthu, whose fame was wide-spread, four sages, shining like the sun, arrived there. In the Twenty-second Chapter, Sanatkumāra, after explaining jñāna, teaches bhakti to Pṛthu. Pragṛnatsu means praising.
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Personal Guidance
While the citizens were praying, the four Kumāras — sun-bright — arrived. Sometimes great souls arrive precisely while the community is in prayer; the prayer creates the conditions for their descent.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose arrival in my life coincided with a moment of collective sincere prayer?
  • What prayer am I currently not making that might invite the right sages?
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