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Conchshells, bugles, drums and kettledrums vibrated in outer space. Great sages, forefathers and personalities from the heavenly planets all came …

Lord Brahmā, the master of the entire universe, arrived there accompanied by all the demigods and their chiefs. Seeing the …

The learned brāhmaṇas, who were very attached to the Vedic ritualistic ceremonies, then arranged for the King’s coronation. People from …

All the rivers, seas, hills, mountains, serpents, cows, birds, animals, heavenly planets, the earthly planet and all other living entities …

Thus the great King Pṛthu, exquisitely dressed with garments and ornaments, was coronated and placed on the throne. The King …

The great sage continued: My dear Vidura, Kuvera presented the great King Pṛthu with a golden throne. The demigod Varuṇa …

The demigod of air, Vāyu, presented King Pṛthu with two whisks [cāmaras] of hair; the King of religion, Dharma, presented …

Lord Brahmā presented King Pṛthu with a protective garment made of spiritual knowledge. Bhāratī [Sarasvatī], the wife of Brahmā, gave …

Lord Śiva presented him with a sword within a sheath marked with ten moons, and his wife, the goddess Durgā, …

The demigod of fire, Agni, presented him with a bow made of the horns of goats and cows. The sun-god …

The demigods who always travel in outer space gave King Pṛthu the arts to perform dramas, sing songs, play musical …

The seas, mountains and rivers gave him room to drive his chariot without impediments, and a sūta, a māgadha and …

Thus when the greatly powerful King Pṛthu, the son of Vena, saw the professionals before him, to congratulate them he …

King Pṛthu said: O gentle sūta, māgadha and other devotee offering prayers, the qualities of which you have spoken are …

O gentle reciters, offer such prayers in due course of time, when the qualities of which you have spoken actually …

How could an intelligent man competent enough to possess such exalted qualities allow his followers to praise him if he …

As a person with a sense of honor and magnanimity does not like to hear about his abominable actions, a …

King Pṛthu continued: My dear devotees, headed by the sūta, just now I am not very famous for my personal …

The great sage Maitreya continued: My dear Vidura, thus the brāhmaṇas and the great sages again churned the two arms …

The great sages were highly learned in Vedic knowledge. When they saw the male and female born of the arms …