Text 14]
Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
1037
PURPORT
The word  dharma-snātāḥ  is significant, for the ten children were all merged in the practice of religion. In addition, they possessed all good qualities. One is supposed to be perfect when one is perfectly religious, perfect in the execution of one's vows to render devotional service, perfect in knowledge, perfect in good behavior and so on. All the Pracetās were on the same level of perfection.
TEXT 14
पित्राऽऽदिष्टाः प्रजासर्गे तपसेऽर्णवमाविशन् । दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपसाऽऽर्चस्तपस्यतिम् ॥१४॥
pitrādiṣṭāḥ prajā-sarge tapase 'rṇavam āviśan daśa-varṣa-sahasrāṇi tapasārcaṁs tapas-patim
pitrā —by the father;  ādiṣṭāḥ —being ordered by;  prajā-sarge —in the matter of begetting children;  tapase —for executing austerity;  arṇavam —in the ocean;  āviśan —entered;  daśa-varṣa —ten years;  sahasrāṇi —such thousands;  tapasā —by their austerity;  ārcan —worshiped;  tapaḥ —of austerity;  patim —the master.
TRANSLATION
When all these Pracetās were ordered by their father to marry and beget children, they all entered the ocean and practiced austerities and penances for ten thousand years. Thus they worshiped the master of all austerity, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
Sometimes great sages and ascetics enter the Himalayan Mountains in order to find seclusion from the turmoil of the world. It appears, however, that all the Pracetās, the sons of Prācīnabarhi, entered the depths of the ocean to perform austerity in a secluded place. Since they performed austerities for ten thousand years, this incident took place in the Satya-yuga, when people used to live for a hundred thousand years. It is also significant that by their austerity they worshiped the master of austerity Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one wants to perform austerities and penances in order to attain the supreme goal, one must attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one achieves the favor of the