Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 6 Chapter 14 Verse 35

Canto 6: Prescribed Duties for Mankind | Chapter 14: King Citraketu's Lamentation

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 6.14.35

vavarṣa kāmān anyeṣāḿ

parjanya iva dehinām

dhanyaḿ yaśasyam āyuṣyaḿ

kumārasya mahā-manāḥ

SYNONYMS

vavarṣa — showered, gave in charity; kāmān — all desirable things; anyeṣām — of others; parjanyaḥ — a cloud; iva — like; dehinām — of all living entities; dhanyam — with the desire for an increase of opulence; yaśasyam — an increase of reputation; āyuṣyam — and an increase of the duration of life; kumārasya — of the newly born child; mahā-manāḥ — the beneficent King Citraketu.

TRANSLATION

As a cloud indiscriminately pours water on the earth, the beneficent King Citraketu, to increase the reputation, opulence and longevity of his son, distributed like rainfall all desirable things to everyone.

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