स्वायम्भुव कया वृत्त्या वर्तितं ते परं वय: । कथं चेदमुदस्राक्षी: काले प्राप्ते कलेवरम् ॥ ३ ॥
svayambhuva kaya vrttya vartitam te param vayah katham cedam udasraksih kale prapte kalevaram
- svayambhuva
- O son of Brahma
- kaya
- under what condition
- vrttya
- occupation
- vartitam
- was spent
- te
- you
- param
- after the initiation
- vayah
- duration of life
- katham
- how
- ca
- and
- idam
- this
- udasraksih
- did you quit
- kale
- in due course
- prapte
- having attained
- kalevaram
- body.
O son of Brahma, how did you pass your life after initiation, and how did you attain this body, having quit your old one in due course?