Text 26]
The Renunciation of Kardama Muni
973
viprarṣabhān kṛtodvāhān sadārān samalālayat
atharvaṇe—to Atharvā; adadāt—he gave away; śāntim—Śānti; yayā—by whom; yajñaḥ—sacrifice; vitanyate—is performed; vipra-ṛṣabhān—the foremost brāhmaṇas; kṛta-udvāhān—married; sa-dārān—with their wives; samalālayat—maintained them.
TRANSLATION
He delivered Śānti to Atharvā. Because of Śānti, sacrificial ceremonies are well performed. Thus he got the foremost brāhmaṇas married, and he maintained them along with their wives.
TEXT 25
ततस्त ऋषयः क्षत्रः कृतदारा निमन्त्र्य तम् । प्रातिष्ठमन्दिमापमाः स्वं स्वमाश्रममण्डलम् ॥२५॥
tatas ta ṛṣayaḥ kṣattaḥ kṛta-dārā nimantrya tam prātiṣṭhan nandim āpannāḥ svam svam āśrama-maṇḍalam
tataḥ—then; te—they; ṛṣayaḥ—the sages; kṣattaḥ—O Vidura; kṛta-dārāḥ—thus married; nimantrya—taking leave of; tam—Kardama; prātiṣṭhan—they departed; nandim—joy; āpannāḥ—obtained; svam svam—each to his own; āśrama-maṇḍalam—hermitage.
TRANSLATION
Thus married, the sages took leave of Kardama and departed full of joy, each for his own hermitage, O Vidura.
TEXT 26
स चावतीर्णं त्रियुगमाज्ञाय विबुधर्षमम् । विविक्त उपसङ्गम्य प्रणम्य समभाषत ॥२६॥
sa cāvatīrṇam tri-yugam ājñāya vibudharṣabham