SB 4.14.36 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.14.36

ఏకదా మునయస్తే తు సరస్వత్సలిలాప్లుతా: । హుత్వాగ్నీన్ సత్కథాశ్చక్రురుపవిష్టా: సరిత్తటే ॥ ౩౬ ॥

ekadā munayas te tu

[ekadaa munayas te tu]

sarasvat-salilāplutāḥ

[sarasvat-salilaaplutaah]

hutvāgnīn sat-kathāś cakrur

[hutvaagneen sat-kathaash chakrur]

upaviṣṭāḥ sarit-taṭe

[upavishtaah sarit-tate]

Word-for-word

ekadā — once upon a time munayaḥ — all those great saintly persons te — they tu — then sarasvat — of the river Sarasvatī salila — in the water āplutāḥ — bathed hutvā — offering oblations agnīn — into the fires sat-kathāḥ — discussions about transcendental subject matters cakruḥ — began to do upaviṣṭāḥ — sitting sarit-taṭe — by the side of the river.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

ekadā munayas te tu

ekadā

once upon a time

munayaḥ

all those great saintly persons

they

then

sarasvat-salilāplutāḥ

sarasvat

of the river Sarasvatī

salila

in the water

āplutāḥ

bathed

hutvāgnīn sat-kathāś cakrur

hutvā

offering oblations

agnīn

into the fires

sat-kathāḥ

discussions about transcendental subject matters

cakruḥ

began to do

upaviṣṭāḥ sarit-taṭe

upaviṣṭāḥ

sitting

sarit-taṭe

by the side of the river.

Once upon a time, the same saintly persons, after taking their bath in the river Sarasvatī, began to perform their daily duties by offering oblations into the sacrificial fires. After this, sitting on the bank of the river, they began to talk about the transcendental person and His pastimes.

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

Once, the sages, after taking bath in the Sarasvatī River, and offering oblations, began to speak about the Lord, while sitting on the river bank. Sarasvat in the masculine gender is poetic license.

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