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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.16.36
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 36
- tayor evaṁ kathayatoḥ
- pṛthivī-dharmayos tadā
- parīkṣin nāma rājarṣiḥ
- prāptaḥ prācīṁ sarasvatīm
tayoḥbetween them — between them; evamthus — thus; kathayatoḥengaged in conversation — engaged in conversation; pṛthivīearth — earth; dharmayoḥand the personality of religion — and the personality of religion; tadāat that time — at that time; parīkṣitKing Parīkṣit — King Parīkṣit; nāmaof the name — of the name; rājaa saint amongst kings-ṛṣiḥa saint amongst kings — a saint amongst kings; prāptaḥarrived — arrived; prācīmflowing towards the east — flowing towards the east; sarasvatīmRiver Sarasvatī — River Sarasvatī.
While the earth and the personality of religion were thus engaged in conversation, the saintly King Parīkṣit reached the shore of the Sarasvatī River, which flowed towards the east.
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the First Canto, Sixteenth Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled "How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali."