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एकदा मुनयस्ते तु सरस्वत्सलिलाप्लुताः ।
हुत्वाग्नीन्सत्कथाश्चक्रुर् उपविष्टाः सरित्तटे ॥ ३६ ॥
 
ekada munayas te tu
sarasvat-salilaplutah
hutvagnin sat-kathas cakrur
upavistah sarit-tate
ekada-once upon a time; munayah-all those great saintly persons; te-they; tu-then; sarasvat-of the River Sarasvati; salila-in the water; aplutah-bathed; hutva-offering oblations; agnin-into the fires; sat-kathah-discussions about transcendental subject matters; cakruh-began to do; upavistah-sitting; sarit-tate-by the side of the river.