PURPORT

As cities are constructed in the modern age with great engineering and architectural craftmanship, so in days gone by there were neighborhoods called rsi-kulas where great saintly persons resided. In India there are still many magnificant places for spiritual understanding; there are many rsis and saintly persons living in nice cottages on the banks of the Ganges and Yamuna for purposes of spiritual cultivation. While passing through the rsi-kulas the King and his party were very much satisfied with the beauty of the cottages and hermitages. It is stated here, pasyann asrama-sampadah. The great sages had no skyscrapers, but the hermitages were so beautiful that the King was very much pleased at the sight.