Text 33]
Activities of Kapila
1451
tasyās tad yoga-vidhuta- mārtyam martyam abhūt sarit srotasām pravarā saumya siddhidā siddha-sevitā
tasyāḥ—of Devahūti; tat—that; yoga—by yoga practice; vidhuta—relinquished; mārtyam—material elements; martyam—her mortal body; abhūt—became; sarit—a river; srotasām—of all rivers; pravarā—the foremost; saumya—O gentle Vidura; siddhi-dā—conferring perfection; siddha—by persons desiring perfection; sevitā—resorted to.
TRANSLATION
Dear Vidura, the material elements of her body have melted into water and are now a flowing river, which is the most sacred of all rivers. Anyone who bathes in that river also attains perfection, and therefore all persons who desire perfection go bathe there.
TEXT 33
कपिलोऽपि महायोगी भगवान् पितुराश्रमात् । मातरं समनुज्ञाप्य प्रागुदीचीं दिशं ययौ ॥३३॥
kapilo 'pi mahā-yogī bhagavān pitur āśramāt mātaram samanujñāpya prāg-udīcīm diśam yayau
kapilaḥ—Lord Kapila; api—surely; mahā-yogī—the great sage; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pituḥ—of His father; āśramāt—from the hermitage; mātaram—from His mother; samanujñāpya—having asked permission; prāk-udīcīm—northeast; diśam—direction; yayau—He went.
TRANSLATION
My dear Vidura, the great sage Kapila, the Personality of Godhead, left his father's hermitage with the permission of His mother and went toward the northeast.