SB 9.2.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं गते ऽथ सुद्युम्ने मनुर्वैवस्वतः सुते ।
पुत्रकामस्तपस्तेपे यमुनायां शतं समाः ॥ १ ॥

sri-suka uvaca

evam gate 'tha sudyumne

manur vaivasvatah sute

putra-kamas tapas tepe

yamunayam satam samah

sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; evam-thus; gate-had accepted the order of vanaprastha; atha-thereafter; sudyumne-when Sudyumna; manuh vaivasvatah-Vaivasvata Manu, known as Sraddhadeva; sute-his son; putra-kamah-desiring to get sons; tapah tepe-executed severe austerities; yamunayam-on the bank of the Yamuna; satam samah-for one hundred years.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vanaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [Sraddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamuna for one hundred years.

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