SB 5.8.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

श्रीशुक उवाच
एकदा तु महानद्यां कृताभिषेकनैयमिकावश्यको ब्रह्माक्षरमभिगृणानो मुहूर्तत्रयमुदकान्त उपविवेश. ॥ १ ॥

sri-suka uvaca

ekada tu maha-nadyam krtabhiseka-naiyamikavasyako
brahmaksaram abhigrnano muhurta-trayam udakanta upavivesa.

sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; ekada-once upon a time; tu-but; maha-nadyam-in the great river known as Gandaki; krta-abhiseka-naiyamika-avasyakah-having taken a bath after finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and brushing the teeth; brahma-aksaram-the pranava-mantra (om); abhigrnanah-chanting; muhurta-trayam-for three minutes; udaka-ante-on the bank of the river; upavivesa-he sat down.

TRANSLATION

Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, one day, after finishing his morning duties-evacuating, urinating and bathing-Maharaja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River Gandaki for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra, beginning with omkara.

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