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The Marriage of Kardama Muni and Devahūti
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mounting his chariot;  sa-bhāryaḥ —along with his wife;  sva-puram —his own capital;  nṛpaḥ —the Emperor;  ubhayoḥ —on both;  ṛṣi-kulyāyāḥ —agreeable to the sages;  sarasvatyāḥ —of the River Sarasvatī;  su-rodhasoḥ —the charming banks;  ṛṣīṇām —of the great sages;  upaśāntānām —tranquil;  paśyan —seeing;  āśrama-sampadaḥ —the prosperity of the beautiful hermitages.
TRANSLATION
After asking and obtaining the great sage's permission to leave, the monarch mounted his chariot with his wife and started for his capital, followed by his retinue. Along the way he saw the prosperity of the tranquil seers' beautiful hermitages on both the charming banks of the Sarasvatī, the river so agreeable to saintly persons.
PURPORT
As cities are constructed in the modern age with great engineering and architectural craftmanship, so in days gone by there were neighborhoods called  ṛṣi-kulas  where great saintly persons resided. In India there are still many magnificant places for spiritual understanding; there are many  ṛṣis  and saintly persons living in nice cottages on the banks of the Ganges and Yamunā for purposes of spiritual cultivation. While passing through the  ṛṣi-kulas  the King and his party were very much satisfied with the beauty of the cottages and hermitages. It is stated here,  paśyann āśrama-sampadaḥ . The great sages had no skyscrapers, but the hermitages were so beautiful that the King was very much pleased at the sight.
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तमायान्तममिप्रेत्य ब्रह्मावर्तात्प्रजाः पतिम् ।
गीतसंस्तुतिवादित्रैः प्रत्युदीयुः प्रहर्षिताः ॥२८॥
tam āyāntam abhipretya brahmāvartāt prajāḥ patim gīta-saṁstuti-vāditraiḥ pratyudīyuḥ praharṣitāḥ
tam—him; āyāntam—who was arriving; abhipretya—knowing of; brahmāvartāt—from Brahmāvarta; prajāḥ—his subjects; patim—their lord; gīta-saṁstuti-vāditraiḥ—with songs, praise and instrumental music; pratyudīyuḥ—came forward to greet; praharṣitāḥ—overjoyed.