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आमन्त्र्य तं मुनिवरम् अनुज्ञातः सहानुगः ।
प्रतस्थे रथमारुह्य सभार्यः स्वपुरं नृपः ।
उभयोरृषिकुल्यायाः सरस्वत्याः सुरोधसोः ।
ऋषीणामुपशान्तानां पश्यन्नाश्रमसम्पदः ॥ २७ ॥

amantrya tam muni-varam

anujnatah sahanugah

pratasthe ratham aruhya

sabharyah sva-puram nrpah

ubhayor rsi-kulyayah

sarasvatyah surodhasoh

rsinam upasantanam

pasyann asrama-sampadah

amantrya-taking permission to go; tam-from him (Kardama); muni-varam-from the best of sages; anujnatah-being permitted to leave; saha-anugah-along with his retinue; pratasthe-started for; ratham aruhya-mounting his chariot; sa-bharyah-along with his wife; sva-puram-his own capital; nrpah-the Emperor; ubhayoh-on both; rsi-kulyayah-agreeable to the sages; sarasvatyah-of the River Sarasvati; su-rodhasoh-the charming banks; rsinam-of the great sages; upasantanam-tranquil; pasyan-seeing; asrama-sampadah-the prosperity of the beautiful hermitages.