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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.1.8

సునన్దాయాం వర్షశతం పదైకేన భువం స్పృశన్ । తప్యమానస్తపో ఘోరమిదమన్వాహ భారత ॥ ౮ ॥
sunandāyāṁ varṣa-śataṁ
[sunandaayaam varsha-shatam]
padaikena bhuvaṁ spṛśan
[padaikena bhuvam sprishan]
tapyamānas tapo ghoram
[tapyamaanas tapo ghoram]
idam anvāha bhārata
[idam anvaaha bhaarata]
Word-for-word
sunandāyām — on the bank of the river Sunandā varṣa-śatam — for one hundred years pada-ekena — on one leg bhuvam — the earth spṛśan — touching tapyamānaḥ — he performed austerities tapaḥ — austerities ghoram — very severe idam — the following anvāha — and spoke bhārata — O scion of Bharata.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sunandāyāṁ varṣa-śataṁ
sunandāyām
on the bank of the river Sunandā
varṣa-śatam
for one hundred years
padaikena bhuvaṁ spṛśan
pada-ekena
on one leg
bhuvam
the earth
spṛśan
touching
tapyamānas tapo ghoram
tapyamānaḥ
he performed austerities
tapaḥ
austerities
ghoram
very severe
idam anvāha bhārata
idam
the following
anvāha
and spoke
bhārata
O scion of Bharata.
O scion of Bharata, after Svāyambhuva Manu had thus entered the forest with his wife, he stood on one leg on the bank of the river Sunandā, and in this way, with only one leg touching the earth, he performed great austerities for one hundred years. While performing these austerities, he spoke as follows.
Purport

Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura comments that the word anvāha means that he chanted or murmured to himself, not that he lectured to anyone.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O descendant of Bharata! Svāyambhuva Manu, standing on one leg on the bank of the River Sunandā, performed great austerities for one hundred years. At that time, he chanted as follows. Avāha means “he chanted.”
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