SB 5.8.1
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
- śrī-śuka uvāca
- ekadā tu mahā-nadyāṁ
- kṛtābhiṣeka-naiyamikāvaśyako
- brahmākṣaram abhigṛṇāno
- muhūrta-trayam udakānta upaviveśa
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ekadā — once upon a time; tu — but; mahā-nadyām — in the great river known as Gaṇḍakī; kṛta-abhiṣeka-naiyamika-avaśyakaḥ — having taken a bath after finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and brushing the teeth; brahma-akṣaram — the praṇava-mantra (oṁ); abhigṛṇānaḥ — chanting; muhūrta-trayam — for three minutes; udaka-ante — on the bank of the river; upaviveśa — he sat down.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, one day, after finishing his morning duties—evacuating, urinating and bathing—Mahārāja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River Gaṇḍakī for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra, beginning with oṁkāra.