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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.19.23

సప్తద్వీపాధిపతయో నృపా వైన్యగయాదయ: । అర్థై: కామైర్గతా నాన్తం తృష్ణాయా ఇతి న: శ్రుతమ్ ॥ ౨౩ ॥
sapta-dvīpādhipatayo
[sapta-dveepaadhipatayo]
nṛpā vaiṇya-gayādayaḥ
[nripaa vainya-gayaadayah]
arthaiḥ kāmair gatā nāntaṁ
[arthaih kaamair gataa naantam]
tṛṣṇāyā iti naḥ śrutam
[trishnaayaa iti nah shrutam]
sapta-dvīpa-adhipatayaḥ — those who are proprietors of the seven islands nṛpāḥ — such kings vaiṇya-gaya-ādayaḥ — Mahārāja Pṛthu, Mahārāja Gaya and others arthaiḥ — for fulfillment of ambition kāmaiḥ — for satisfying one’s desires gatāḥ na — could not reach antam — the end tṛṣṇāyāḥ — of their ambitions iti — thus naḥ — by Us śrutam — has been heard.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sapta-dvīpādhipatayo
sapta-dvīpa-adhipatayaḥ
those who are proprietors of the seven islands
nṛpā vaiṇya-gayādayaḥ
nṛpāḥ
such kings
vaiṇya-gaya-ādayaḥ
Mahārāja Pṛthu, Mahārāja Gaya and others
arthaiḥ kāmair gatā nāntaṁ
arthaiḥ
for fulfillment of ambition
kāmaiḥ
for satisfying one’s desires
gatāḥ na
could not reach
antam
the end
tṛṣṇāyā iti naḥ śrutam
tṛṣṇāyāḥ
of their ambitions
iti
thus
naḥ
by Us
śrutam
has been heard.
We have heard that although powerful kings like Mahārāja Pṛthu and Mahārāja Gaya achieved proprietorship over the seven dvīpas, they could not achieve satisfaction or find the end of their ambitions.
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
We have heard that although powerful kings like Mahārāja Pṛthu and Mahārāja Gaya achieved proprietorship over the seven islands, there was no end to their thirst for artha and kāma.
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