एवं वां तप्यतोस्तीव्रं तप: परमदुष्करम् । दिव्यवर्षसहस्राणि द्वादशेयुर्मदात्मनो: ॥ ३६ ॥
evaṁ vāṁ tapyatos tīvraṁ tapaḥ parama-duṣkaram divya-varṣa-sahasrāṇi dvādaśeyur mad-ātmanoḥ
- evam
- in this way
- vām
- for both of you
- tapyatoḥ
- executing austerities
- tīvram
- very severe
- tapaḥ
- austerity
- parama-duṣkaram
- extremely difficult to execute
- divya-varṣa
- celestial years, or years counted according to the higher planetary system
- sahasrāṇi
- thousand
- dvādaśa
- twelve
- īyuḥ
- passed
- mat-ātmanoḥ
- simply engaged in consciousness of Me
Thus you spent twelve thousand celestial years performing difficult activities of tapasya in consciousness of Me [Kṛṣṇa consciousness].