Text 33] Activities of Kapila 1451

tasyas tad yoga-vidhuta-
martyam martyam abhit sarit
srotasam pravara saumya

siddhida siddha-sevita

tasyah—of Devahiti; tat—that; yoga—by yoga practice; vidhuta—relin-
quished; martyam—material elements; martyam—her mortal body; abhiit—
became; sarit—a river; srotasam—of all rivers; pravara—the foremost;
saumya—O gentle Vidura; siddhi-da—conferring perfection; siddha—by
persons desiring perfection; sevita—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

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kapilo ‘pi mahé-yogi
bhagavan pitur dsramat

mataram samanujnapya
prag-udicim digam yayau

kapilah—Lord Kapila; api—surely ; mahd-yogi—the great sage; bhagavan—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pituh—of His father; asramat—from
the hermitage; mdtaram—from His mother; samanujnapya—having asked
permission; prak-udicim—northeast; disam—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.
