Texts 38-39] Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
843
tasmin sudhanvann ahani bhagavān yat samādiśat upāyād āśrama-padam muneḥ śānta-vratasya tat
tasmin—on that; sudhanvan—O great bowman Vidura; ahani—on the day; bhagavān—the Lord; yat—which; samādiśat—foretold; upāyāt—he reached; āśrama-padam—the holy hermitage; muneḥ—of the sage; śānta—completed; vratasya—whose vows of austerity; tat—that.
TRANSLATION
O Vidura, they reached the hermitage of the sage, who had just completed his vows of austerity on the very day foretold by the Lord.
TEXTS 38-39
यस्मिन् भगवतो नेत्रान्यपतनश्रुबिन्दवः । कृपया सम्परीतस्य प्रपन्नेऽर्पितया भृशम् ॥३८॥ तद्वै बिन्दुसरो नाम सरस्वत्या परिप्लुतम् । पुष्पं शिवामृतजलं महर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥३९॥
yasmin bhagavato netrān nyapatann aśru-bindavaḥ kṛpayā samparītasya prapanne 'rpitayā bhṛśam
tad vai bindusaro nāma sarasvatyā pariplutam puṇyam śivāmṛta-jalam maharṣi-gaṇa-sevitam
yasmin—in which; bhagavataḥ—of the Lord; netrāt—from the eye; nyapatan—fell down; aśru-bindavaḥ—teardrops; kṛpayā—by compassion; samparītasya—who was overwhelmed; prapanne—on the surrendered soul (Kardama); arpitayā—placed upon; bhṛśam—extremely; tat—that; vai—indeed; bindu-saraḥ—lake of tears; nāma—called; sarasvatyā—by the River Sarasvatī; pariplutam—overflowed; puṇyam—holy; śiva—auspicious; amṛta—nectar; jalam—water; mahā-ṛṣi—of great sages; gaṇa—by hosts; sevitam—served.