610 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 14

rsibhih svadsrama-padam
gate putra-kalevaram

sunitha palayam asa
vidya-yogena socati

rsibhit—by the sages; sva-Gsrama-padam—to their own respective hermi-
tages; gate—having returned; putra—of her son; kalevaram—the body;
sunitha—Sunitha, mother of King Vena; pdlayam dsa— preserved; vidya-
yogena—by mantra and ingredients; socati—while lamenting.

TRANSLATION

After all the sages returned to their respective hermitages, the mother of
King Vena, Sunitha, became very much aggrieved because of her son’s death.
She decided to preserve the dead body of her son by the application of

certain ingredients and by chanting mantras [ mantra-yogena] .

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UTA GI J aaalseram: |
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ekadaé munayas te tu
sarasvat-salilaplu tah

hutvagnin sat-kathas cakrur
upavistah sarit-tate

ekadad—once upon a time; munayah—all those great saintly persons; te—
they; tu—then; sarasvat—of the River Sarasvati; salila—in the water; aplutah
—bathed; hutvd—offering oblations; agnin—into the fires; sat-kathah—dis-
cussions about transcendental subject matters; cakruh—began to do;
upavistah—sitting; sarit-tate—by the side of the river.

TRANSLATION

Once upon a time, the same saintly persons, after taking their bath in the
River Sarasvati, began to perform their daily duties by offering oblations
into the sacrificial fires. After this, sitting on the bank of the river, they
began to talk about the transcendental person and His pastimes.
