प्रैयव्रतं वंशमिमं विरजश्चरमोद्भवः ।
अकरोदत्यलं कीर्त्या विष्णुः सुरगणं यथा ॥१६॥
tatrÄyaá¹ Å›lokaḥ —
praiyavrataá¹ vamÅ›am imaá¹
virajaś caramodbhavaḥ
akarod aty-alaá¹ kÄ«rtyÄ
viṣṇuḥ sura-gaṇaá¹ yathÄ
tatra - in that connection; ayam Å›lokaḥ - there is this famous verse; praiyavratam - coming from King Priyavrata; vamÅ›am - the dynasty; imam - this; virajaḥ - King Viraja; carama-udbhavaḥ - the source of one hundred sons (headed by Åšatajit); akarot - decorated; ati-alam - very greatly; kÄ«rtyÄ - by his reputation; viṣṇuḥ - Lord Viṣṇu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sura-gaṇam - the demigods; yathÄ - just as.
There is a famous verse about King Viraja. “Because of his high qualities and wide fame, King Viraja became the jewel of the dynasty of King Priyavrata, just as Lord Viṣṇu, by His transcendental potency, decorates and blesses the demigods.â€
Within a garden, a flowering tree attains a good reputation because of its fragrant flowers. Similarly, if there is a famous man in a family, he is compared to a fragrant flower in a forest. Because of him, an entire family can become famous in history. Because Lord Kṛṣṇa took birth in the Yadu dynasty, the Yadu dynasty and the YÄdavas have remained famous for all time. Because of King Viraja’s appearance, the family of MahÄrÄja Priyavrata has remained famous for all time.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Fifth Canto, Fifteenth Chapter, of the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam, entitled “The Glories of the Descendants of King Priyavrata.â€
