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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 21]
atha —then;  samprasthite śukle —when the Lord had gone;  kardamaḥ —Kardama Muni;  bhagavān —the greatly powerful;  ṛṣiḥ —sage;  āste sma —stayed;  bindusarasi —on the bank of Lake Bindu-sarovara;  tam —that;  kālam —time;  pratipālayan —awaiting.
TRANSLATION
Then, after the departure of the Lord, the worshipful sage Kardama stayed on the bank of Bindu-sarovara, awaiting the time of which the Lord had spoken.
TEXT 36
मनुः सन्दनमास्याय शातकौम्भपरिच्छदम् । आरोप्य स्वां दुहितरं सभार्यः पर्यटन्महीम् ॥३६॥
manuḥ syandanam āsthāya   śātakaumbha-paricchadam   āropya svām duhitaram   sa-bhāryaḥ paryaṭan mahīm
manuḥ —Svāyambhuva Manu;  syandanam —the chariot;  āsthāya —having mounted;  śāta-kaumbha —made of gold;  paricchadam —the outer cover;  āropya —putting on;  svām —his own;  duhitaram —daughter;  sa-bhāryaḥ —along with his wife;  paryaṭan —traveling all over;  mahīm —the globe.
TRANSLATION
Svāyambhuva Manu, with his wife, mounted his chariot, which was decorated with golden ornaments. Placing his daughter on it with him, he began traveling all over the earth.
PURPORT
The Emperor Manu, as the great ruler of the world, could have engaged an agent to find a suitable husband for his daughter, but because he loved her just as a father should, he himself left his state on a golden chariot. with only his wife, to find her a suitable husband.
TEXT 37
तस्मिन् सुधन्वन्नहनि भगवान् यत्समादिशत् । उपायादाश्रमपदं मुनेः शान्तव्रतस्य तत् ॥३७॥