Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

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राजेत्यधान्नामधेयं सोमराज इवापर: ।
सूर्यवद्विसृजन् गृह्णन् प्रतपंश्च भुवो वसु ॥ ५६ ॥

rājety adhān nāmadheyaṁ
soma-rāja ivāparaḥ
sūryavad visṛjan gṛhṇan
pratapaṁś ca bhuvo vasu

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TRANSLATION

Mahārāja Pṛthu became as celebrated a king as Soma-rāja, the king of the moon. He was also powerful and exacting, just like the sun-god, who distributes heat and light and at the same time exacts all the planetary waters.

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