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एवं वर्षायुतसहस्रपर्यन्तावसितकर्मनिर्वाणावसरो ऽधिभुज्यमानं स्वतनयेभ्यो रिक्थं पितृपैतामहं यथादायं विभज्य स्वयं सकलसम्पन्निकेतात्स्वनिकेतात्पुलहाश्रमं प्रवव्राज. ॥ ८ ॥
 
evam varsayuta-sahasra-paryantavasita-karma-nirvanavasaro
'dhibhujyamanam sva-tanayebhyo riktham pitr-paitamaham yatha-
dayam vibhajya svayam sakala-sampan-niketat sva-niketat
pulahasramam pravavraja.
evam-thus being always engaged; varsa-ayuta-sahasra-one thousand times ten thousand years; paryanta-until then; avasita-karma-nirvana-avasarah-Maharaja Bharata who ascertained the moment of the end of his royal opulence; adhibhujyamanam-being enjoyed in this way for that duration; sva-tanayebhyah-unto his own sons; riktham-the wealth; pitr-paitamaham-which he received from his father and forefathers; yatha-dayam-according to the daya-bhak laws of Manu; vibhajya-dividing; svayam-personally; sakala-sampat-of all kinds of opulence; niketat-the abode; sva-niketat-from his paternal home; pulaha-asramam pravavraja-he went to the asrama of Pulaha in Hardwar (where the salagrama-silas are obtainable).