270 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 8
TEXT 1
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TMT Rea sateen Aaah

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PEGE ORCA MMIC CE Ma Ra
Sri-suka uvdca

ekada tu maha-nadyam krtabhiseka-naiyamikavasyako
brahmdksaram abhigrnano muhiirta-trayam udakdnta upavivesa.

sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: ekadé—once upon a
time: tu—but: mahd-nadyém—in the great river known as Gandaki;
krta-abhiseka-naiyamika-avasyakah—having taken a bath after
finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and
brushing the teeth: brahma-aksaram—the pranava-mantra (om):
abhigrnanah—chanting: muhirta-trayam—for three minutes: udaka-
ante—on the bank of the river: upavivesa—he sat down.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, one day, after
finishing his morning duties—evacuating, urinating and
bathing— Maharaja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River
Gandaki for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra,
beginning with omkara.

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TT TAT TS ChtoH TAT TATT ATE A TATNTTT 1

tatra tada rajan harini pipdsaya jalasayabhyasam ekaivopajagama.

tatra—on the bank of the river: tada—at the time: rajan—O King:
harini—a doe: pipdsayad—because of thirst: jalasaya-abhydsam—near
the river: eka—one: eva—certainly: upajagama—arrived.

TRANSLATION

O King, while Bharata Maharaja was sitting on the bank of that

river, a doe, being very thirsty, came there to drink.
