Bhagavatapurana 4.23.1

4.23.1

/0 maitreya uvāca
dṛṣṭvātmānaṃ pravayasam ekadā vainya ātmavān /
ātmanā vardhitāśeṣa- svānusargaḥ prajāpatiḥ //

1—3. Maitreya said:—On a certain day, turning his attention upon himself, Prithu, (Vena's son) saw that he had grown very old; as the protector of his subjects he had himself improved and provided for the permanency of his gifts (beneficial institutions) to them; that he had provided for the maintenance of (all creatures), mobile and immobile, and given (full) support to the Dharma of the righteous; and that he had fulfilled the Lord's commission for which he had been born here; he entrusted the earth, like a daughter crying, for