तदा तदहमीशस्य भक्तानां शमभीप्सत: । अनुग्रहं मन्यमान: प्रातिष्ठं दिशमुत्तराम् ॥ १० ॥
tada tad aham isasya bhaktanam sam abhipsatah anugraham manyamanah pratistham disam uttaram
- tada
- at that time
- tat
- that
- aham
- I
- isasya
- of the Lord
- bhaktanam
- of the devotees
- sam
- mercy
- abhipsatah
- desiring
- anugraham
- special benediction
- manyamanah
- thinking in that way
- pratistham
- departed
- disam uttaram
- in the northern direction.
I took this as the special mercy of the Lord, who always desires benediction for His devotees, and so thinking, I started for the north.