नारद उवाच भिक्षुभिर्विप्रवसिते विज्ञानादेष्टृभिर्मम । वर्तमानो वयस्याद्ये तत एतदकारषम् ॥ ५ ॥
narada uvaca bhiksubhir vipravasite vijnanadestrbhir mama vartamano vayasy adye tata etad akarasam
- naradah uvaca
- Sri Narada said
- bhiksubhih
- by the great sages
- vipravasite
- having departed for other places
- vijnana
- scientific spiritual knowledge
- adestrbhih
- those who imparted unto me
- mama
- mine
- vartamanah
- present
- vayasi adye
- before this life
- tatah
- thereafter
- etat
- this much
- akarasam
- performed.
Sri Narada said: The great sages, who had imparted scientific knowledge of transcendence to me, departed for other places, and I had to pass my life in this way.