SB 9.20.23
Devanāgarī
पितर्युपरते सोऽपि चक्रवर्ती महायशा: । महिमा गीयते तस्य हरेरंशभुवो भुवि ॥ २३ ॥
Text
pitary uparate so ’pi cakravartī mahā-yaśāḥ mahimā gīyate tasya harer aṁśa-bhuvo bhuvi
Synonyms
pitari—after his father;uparate—passed away;saḥ—the King’s son;api—also;cakravartī—the emperor;mahā-yaśāḥ—very famous;mahimā—glories;gīyate—are glorified;tasya—his;hareḥ—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;aṁśa-bhuvaḥ—a partial representation;bhuvi—upon this earth.
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When Mahārāja Duṣmanta passed away from this earth, his son became the emperor of the world, the proprietor of the seven islands. He is referred to as a partial representation of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in this world.
Purport
In Bhagavad-gītā (10.41) it is said:
yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo ’ṁśa-sambhavam
Anyone extraordinarily powerful must be considered a partial representation of the opulence of the Supreme Godhead. Therefore when the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta became the emperor of the entire world, he was celebrated in this way.
yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo ’ṁśa-sambhavam
Anyone extraordinarily powerful must be considered a partial representation of the opulence of the Supreme Godhead. Therefore when the son of Mahārāja Duṣmanta became the emperor of the entire world, he was celebrated in this way.