Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.20.31

tad-dvipasyapy adhipatih praiyavrato vitihotro namaitasyatmajau ramanaka-dhataki-namanau varsha-pati niyujya sa svayam purvajavad-bhagavat-karma-sila evaste

SYNONYMS

tat-dvipasya -- of that island; api -- also; adhipatih -- the ruler; praiyavratah -- a son of Maharaja Priyavrata; vitihotrah nama -- named Vitihotra; etasya -- of him; atma-jau -- unto the two sons; ramanaka -- Ramanaka; dhataki -- and Dhataki; namanau -- having the names; varsha-pati -- the rulers of the two tracts of land; niyujya -- appointing; sah svayam -- himself; purvaja-vat -- like his other brothers; bhagavat-karma-silah -- being absorbed in activities to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead; eva -- indeed; aste -- remains.

TRANSLATION

The ruler of this island, the son of Maharaja Priyavrata named Vitihotra, had two sons named Ramanaka and Dhataki. He granted the two sides of the island to these two sons and then personally engaged himself in activities for the sake of the Supreme Personality of Godhead like his elder brother Medhatithi.

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