श्रीशुक उवाच एवमुक्त्वा स देवर्षिर्गतो नारायणाश्रमम् । नलकूवरमणिग्रीवावासतुर्यमलार्जुनौ ॥ २३ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca evam uktvā sa devarṣir gato nārāyaṇāśramam nalakūvara-maṇigrīvāv āsatur yamalārjunau
- śrī-śukaḥ uvāca
- Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued to speak
- evam uktvā
- thus uttering
- saḥ
- he
- devarṣiḥ
- the greatest saintly person, Nārada
- gataḥ
- left that place
- nārāyaṇa-āśramam
- for his own āśrama, known as Nārāyaṇa-āśrama
- nalakūvara
- Nalakūvara
- maṇigrīvau
- and Maṇigrīva
- āsatuḥ
- remained there to become
- yamala-arjunau
- twin arjuna trees
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: Having thus spoken, the great saint Devarṣi Nārada returned to his āśrama, known as Nārāyaṇa-āśrama, and Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva became twin arjuna trees.