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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.21.9

విదుర ఉవాచ సోఽభిషిక్త: పృథుర్విప్రైర్లబ్ధాశేషసురార్హణ: । బిభ్రత్ స వైష్ణవం తేజో బాహ్వోర్యాభ్యాం దుదోహ గామ్ ॥ ౯ ॥
vidura uvāca
[vidura uvaacha]
so ’bhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur viprair
[so ’bhishiktah prithur viprair]
labdhāśeṣa-surārhaṇaḥ
[labdhaashesha-suraarhanah]
bibhrat sa vaiṣṇavaṁ tejo
[bibhrat sa vaishnavam tejo]
bāhvor yābhyāṁ dudoha gām
[baahvor yaabhyaam dudoha gaam]
viduraḥ uvāca — Vidura said saḥ — he (King Pṛthu) abhiṣiktaḥ — when enthroned pṛthuḥ — King Pṛthu vipraiḥ — by the great sages and brāhmaṇas labdha — achieved aśeṣa — innumerable sura-arhaṇaḥ — presentations by the demigods bibhrat — expanding saḥ — he vaiṣṇavam — who has received through Lord Viṣṇu tejaḥ — strength bāhvoḥ — arms yābhyām — by which dudoha — exploited gām — the earth.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vidura uvāca
viduraḥ uvāca
Vidura said
so ’bhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur viprair
labdhāśeṣa-surārhaṇaḥ
saḥ
he (King Pṛthu)
bibhrat sa vaiṣṇavaṁ tejo
bāhvor yābhyāṁ dudoha gām
abhiṣiktaḥ
when enthroned
pṛthuḥ
King Pṛthu
vipraiḥ
by the great sages and brāhmaṇas
labdha
achieved
aśeṣa
innumerable
sura-arhaṇaḥ
presentations by the demigods
bibhrat
expanding
saḥ
he
vaiṣṇavam
who has received through Lord Viṣṇu
tejaḥ
strength
bāhvoḥ
arms
yābhyām
by which
dudoha
exploited
gām
the earth.
Vidura said: My dear brāhmaṇa Maitreya, it is very enlightening to understand that King Pṛthu was enthroned by the great sages and brāhmaṇas. All the demigods presented him with innumerable gifts, and he also expanded his influence upon personally receiving strength from Lord Viṣṇu. Thus he greatly developed the earth.

Because Pṛthu Mahārāja was an empowered incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu and was naturally a great Vaiṣṇava devotee of the Lord, all the demigods were pleased with him and presented different gifts to help him in exercising his royal power, and the great sages and saintly persons also joined in his coronation. Thus blessed by them, he ruled over the earth and exploited its resources for the greatest satisfaction of the people in general. This has already been explained in the previous chapters regarding the activities of King Pṛthu. As will be apparent from the next verse, every executive head of state should follow in the footsteps of Mahārāja Pṛthu in ruling over his kingdom. Regardless of whether the chief executive is a king or president, or whether the government is monarchical or democratic, this process is so perfect that if it is followed, everyone will become happy, and thus it will be very easy for all to execute devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Vidura said: Enthroned by the brāhmaṇas, worshipped by numerous devatās, Pṛthu received Viṣṇu’s strength in his arms with which he milked the earth. He held in his two arms Viṣṇu’s strength.
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