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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.22.26-27
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXTS 26-27
- āmantrya taṁ muni-varam
- anujñātaḥ sahānugaḥ
- pratasthe ratham āruhya
- sabhāryaḥ sva-puraṁ nṛpaḥ
- ubhayor ṛṣi-kulyāyāḥ
- sarasvatyāḥ surodhasoḥ
- ṛṣīṇām upaśāntānāṁ
- paśyann āśrama-sampadaḥ
āmantryataking permission to go — taking permission to go; tamfrom him (Kardama) — from him (Kardama); munifrom the best of sages-varamfrom the best of sages — from the best of sages; anujñātaḥbeing permitted to leave — being permitted to leave; sahaalong with his retinue-anugaḥalong with his retinue — along with his retinue; pratasthestarted for — started for; rathammounting his chariot āruhyamounting his chariot — mounting his chariot; saalong with his wife-bhāryaḥalong with his wife — along with his wife; svahis own capital-puramhis own capital — his own capital; nṛpaḥthe Emperor — the Emperor; ubhayoḥon both — on both; ṛṣiagreeable to the sages-kulyāyāḥagreeable to the sages — agreeable to the sages; sarasvatyāḥof the River Sarasvatī — of the River Sarasvatī; suthe charming banks-rodhasoḥthe charming banks — the charming banks; ṛṣīṇāmof the great sages — of the great sages; upaśāntānāmtranquil — tranquil; paśyanseeing — seeing; āśramathe prosperity of the beautiful hermitages-sampadaḥthe prosperity of the beautiful hermitages — the prosperity of the beautiful hermitages.
After asking and obtaining the great sage's permission to leave, the monarch mounted his chariot with his wife and started for his capital, followed by his retinue. Along the way he saw the prosperity of the tranquil seers' beautiful hermitages on both the charming banks of the Sarasvatī, the river so agreeable to saintly persons.
As cities are constructed in the modern age with great engineering and architectural craftsmanship, so in days gone by there were neighborhoods called ṛṣi-kulas, where great saintly persons resided. In India there are still many magnificent places for spiritual understanding; there are many ṛṣis and saintly persons living in nice cottages on the banks of the Ganges and Yamunā for purposes of spiritual cultivation. While passing through the ṛṣi-kulas the King and his party were very much satisfied with the beauty of the cottages and hermitages. It is stated here, paśyann āśrama-sampadaḥ. The great sages had no skyscrapers, but the hermitages were so beautiful that the King was very much pleased at the sight.