Verse 54
What he was like as king· Verses 54–59
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54Vijitasva, Dhumrakesa, Haryaksa, Dravina and Vrka. Prthu alone carried the qualities of all the guardians of the worlds. 55For the guarding of what had been brought forth, each thing in its own season, with the Unfallen for his self, he delighted his people by the gentle working of his mind and speech. 56He took the name of king, a second moon-king as it were, and like the sun he gave out and drew in and warmed the wealth of the earth. 57Not to be withstood, like fire in his heat; hard to beat as the great Indra; like the earth in patience; like the sky in giving men what they wanted; 58raining as men wished and filling them like the rain-cloud; not to be fathomed like the sea; in his steadiness like the king of the mountains;
59like the king of dharma when he corrected, like Himavan in the wonders about him, rich in treasure like Kuvera, holding his purposes hidden like Varuna;