SB 1.4.10
स सम्राट् कस्य वा हेतोः पाण्डूनां मानवर्धनः ।
प्रायोपविष्टो गङ्गायामनादृत्याधिराट्श्रियम् ॥ १० ॥
प्रायोपविष्टो गङ्गायामनादृत्याधिराट्श्रियम् ॥ १० ॥
sa samrāṭ kasya vā hetoḥ pāṇḍūnāṁ māna-vardhanaḥ
prāyopaviṣṭo gaṅgāyām anādṛtyādhirāṭ-śriyam
prāyopaviṣṭo gaṅgāyām anādṛtyādhirāṭ-śriyam
Synonyms
kasya vā hetoḥ — for what reason [(kasmāt kāraṇāt), the word vā, “perhaps,” is used here in the sense of conjecture (veti vitarke)40]; [did]; saḥ — this; samrāṭ — emperor [cakravartī]; māna-vardhanaḥ — who enhanced the prestige [or celebrity (prāśastyam)41]; pāṇḍūnām — of the Pāṇḍu dynasty; anādṛtya — discard; adhirāṭ — [his] luxurious royal [(adhirājām); (rājñām)42]; śriyam — wealth [sampadam]; prāya-upaviṣṭaḥ — [and] sit with a vow to fast till death [maraṇa-paryantam anaśana-saṅkalpenopaviṣṭaḥ43]; gaṅgāyām — on the bank of the Gaṅgā.
Translation
For what reason did this emperor, who enhanced the prestige of the Pāṇḍu dynasty, discard his luxurious royal wealth and sit with a vow to fast till death on the bank of the Gaṅgā?