तस्यैवं वर्तमानस्य पूर्वेषां वृत्तिमन्वहम् ।
नातिदूरे किलाश्चर्यं यदासीत्तन्निबोध मे ॥१७॥

tasyaivaá¹ vartamÄnasya
pÅ«rveá¹£Äá¹ vá¹›ttim anvaham
nÄtidÅ«re kilÄÅ›caryaá¹
yad ÄsÄ«t tan nibodha me

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(1)

 tasya - of MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it; evam - thus; vartamÄnasya - remaining absorbed in such thought; pÅ«rveá¹£Äm - of his forefathers; vá¹›ttim - good engagement; anvaham - day after day; na - not; ati-dÅ«re - far off; kila - verily; ÄÅ›caryam - astonishing; yat - that; ÄsÄ«t - was; tat - which; nibodha - know it; me - from me.


Text

Now you may hear from me of what happened while MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it was passing his days hearing of the good occupations of his forefathers and being absorbed in thought of them.

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