इति व्यवच्छिद्य स पाण्डवेय: प्रायोपवेशं प्रति विष्णुपद्याम् । दधौ मुकुन्दाङ्घ्रिमनन्यभावो मुनिव्रतो मुक्तसमस्तसङ्ग: ॥ ७ ॥
iti vyavacchidya sa pandaveyah prayopavesam prati visnu-padyam dadhau mukundanghrim ananya-bhavo muni-vrato mukta-samasta-sangah
- iti
- thus
- vyavacchidya
- having decided
- sah
- the King
- pandaveyah
- worthy descendant of the Pandavas
- praya-upavesam
- for fasting until death
- prati
- toward
- visnu-padyam
- on the bank of the Ganges (emanating from the lotus feet of Lord Visnu)
- dadhau
- gave himself up
- mukunda-anghrim
- unto the lotus feet of Lord Krsna
- ananya
- without deviation
- bhavah
- spirit
- muni-vratah
- with the vows of a sage
- mukta
- liberated from
- samasta
- all kinds of
- sangah
- association
Thus the King, the worthy descendant of the Pandavas, decided once and for all and sat on the Ganges’ bank to fast until death and give himself up to the lotus feet of Lord Krsna, who alone is able to award liberation. So, freeing himself from all kinds of associations and attachments, he accepted the vows of a sage.