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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.15.21

స్తావకాంస్తానభిప్రేత్య పృథుర్వైన్య: ప్రతాపవాన్ । మేఘనిర్హ్రాదయా వాచా ప్రహసన్నిదమబ్రవీత్ ॥ ౨౧ ॥
stāvakāṁs tān abhipretya
[staavakaams taan abhipretya]
pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān
[prithur vainyah prataapavaan]
megha-nirhrādayā vācā
[megha-nirhraadayaa vaachaa]
prahasann idam abravīt
[prahasann idam abraveet]
stāvakān — engaged in offering prayers tān — those persons abhipretya — seeing, understanding pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu vainyaḥ — son of Vena pratāpa-vān — greatly powerful megha-nirhrādayā — as grave as the thundering of clouds vācā — with a voice prahasan — smiling idam — this abravīt — he spoke.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
stāvakāṁs tān abhipretya
stāvakān
engaged in offering prayers
tān
those persons
abhipretya
seeing, understanding
pṛthur vainyaḥ pratāpavān
pṛthuḥ
King Pṛthu
vainyaḥ
son of Vena
pratāpa-vān
greatly powerful
megha-nirhrādayā vācā
megha-nirhrādayā
as grave as the thundering of clouds
vācā
with a voice
prahasann idam abravīt
prahasan
smiling
idam
this
abravīt
he spoke.
Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he smiled, and with the gravity of the vibrating sounds of clouds he spoke as follows.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Seeing them praise him, powerful Pṛthu, son of Vena, smiled and spoke like thunder.
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