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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.7.8

ఏవం వర్షాయుతసహస్రపర్యన్తావసితకర్మనిర్వాణావసరోఽధిభుజ్యమానం స్వతనయేభ్యో రిక్థం పితృపైతామహం యథాదాయం విభజ్య స్వయం సకలసమ్పన్నికేతాత్స్వనికేతాత్ పులహాశ్రమం ప్రవవ్రాజ ॥ ౮ ॥
evaṁ varṣāyuta-sahasra-paryantāvasita-karma-nirvāṇāvasaro ’dhibhujyamānaṁ sva-tanayebhyo rikthaṁ pitṛ-paitāmahaṁ yathā-dāyaṁ vibhajya svayaṁ sakala-sampan-niketāt sva-niketāt pulahāśramaṁ pravavrāja.
[evam varshaayuta-sahasra-paryantaavasita-karma-nirvaanaavasaro ’dhibhujyamaanam sva-tanayebhyo riktham pitri-paitaamaham yathaa-daayam vibhajya svayam sakala-sampan-niketaat sva-niketaat pulahaashramam pravavraaja.]
evam — thus being always engaged varṣa-ayuta-sahasra — one thousand times ten thousand years paryanta — until then avasita-karma-nirvāṇa-avasaraḥ — Mahārāja Bharata who ascertained the moment of the end of his royal opulence adhibhujyamānam — being enjoyed in this way for that duration sva-tanayebhyaḥ — unto his own sons riktham — the wealth pitṛ-paitāmaham — which he received from his father and forefathers yathā-dāyam — according to the dāya-bhāk laws of Manu vibhajya — dividing svayam — personally sakala-sampat — of all kinds of opulence niketāt — the abode sva-niketāt — from his paternal home pulaha-āśramam pravavrāja — he went to the āśrama of Pulaha in Hardwar (where the śālagrāma-śilās are obtainable).
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
evaṁ varṣāyuta-sahasra-paryantāvasita-karma-nirvāṇāvasaro ’dhibhujyamānaṁ sva-tanayebhyo rikthaṁ pitṛ-paitāmahaṁ yathā-dāyaṁ vibhajya svayaṁ sakala-sampan-niketāt sva-niketāt pulahāśramaṁ pravavrāja.
evam
thus being always engaged
varṣa-ayuta-sahasra
one thousand times ten thousand years
paryanta
until then
avasita-karma-nirvāṇa-avasaraḥ
Mahārāja Bharata who ascertained the moment of the end of his royal opulence
adhibhujyamānam
being enjoyed in this way for that duration
sva-tanayebhyaḥ
unto his own sons
riktham
the wealth
pitṛ-paitāmaham
which he received from his father and forefathers
yathā-dāyam
according to the dāya-bhāk laws of Manu
vibhajya
dividing
svayam
personally
sakala-sampat
of all kinds of opulence
niketāt
the abode
sva-niketāt
from his paternal home
pulaha-āśramam pravavrāja
he went to the āśrama of Pulaha in Hardwar (where the śālagrāma-śilās are obtainable).
Destiny fixed the time for Mahārāja Bharata’s enjoyment of material opulence at one thousand times ten thousand years. When that period was finished, he retired from family life and divided the wealth he had received from his forefathers among his sons. He left his paternal home, the reservoir of all opulence, and started for Pulahāśrama, which is situated in Hardwar. The śālagrāma-śilās are obtainable there.

According to the law of dāya-bhāk, when one inherits an estate he must hand it over to the next generation. Bharata Mahārāja did this properly. First he enjoyed his paternal property for one thousand times ten thousand years. At the time of his retirement, he divided this property among his sons and left for Pulaha-āśrama.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
After ruling for 100,000,000 years, and not ascertaining whether his karmas of this life were completed or not, he divided his wealth inherited from his father and grandfather which he had enjoyed among his sons, according to the rules, and then left his house full of all wealth and went to a hermitage at Pulaha. Not being able to ascertain whether his karmas of this life had finished or not, after ruling 100,000,000 years, Bharata divided his kingdom and left. Bharata was conscious of his karmas only out of humility, since he actually did not have any karmas. His enjoyment of the kingdom was only a result of his being a devotee. Being detached he suddenly left the kingdom. Riktham means wealth.
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