तत्रायुतमदाद् धेनूर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो हलायुध: । कृतमालां ताम्रपर्णीं मलयं च कुलाचलम् ॥ १६ ॥ तत्रागस्त्यं समासीनं नमस्कृत्याभिवाद्य च । योजितस्तेन चाशीर्भिरनुज्ञातो गतोऽर्णवम् । दक्षिणं तत्र कन्याख्यां दुर्गां देवीं ददर्श स: ॥ १७ ॥
tatrāyutam adād dhenūr brāhmaṇebhyo halāyudhaḥ kṛtamālāṁ tāmraparṇīṁ malayaṁ ca kulācalam tatrāgastyaṁ samāsīnaṁ namaskṛtyābhivādya ca yojitas tena cāśīrbhir anujñāto gato ’rṇavam dakṣiṇaṁ tatra kanyākhyāṁ durgāṁ devīṁ dadarśa saḥ
- tatra
- there (at Setubandha, known also as Rāmeśvaram)
- ayutam
- ten thousand
- adāt
- He gave away
- dhenūḥ
- cows
- brahmaṇebhyaḥ
- to brāhmaṇas
- hala-āyudhaḥ
- Lord Balarāma, whose weapon is the plow
- kṛtamālām
- to the Kṛtamālā River
- tāmraparṇīm
- the Tāmraparṇī River
- malayam
- Malaya
- ca
- and
- kula-acalam
- the principal mountain range
- tatra
- there
- agastyam
- to Agastya Ṛṣi
- samāsīnam
- sitting (in meditation)
- namaskṛtya
- bowing down
- abhivādya
- glorifying
- ca
- and
- yojitaḥ
- granted
- tena
- by him
- ca
- and
- āśīrbhiḥ
- blessings
- anujñātaḥ
- given permission to leave
- gataḥ
- He went
- arṇavam
- to the ocean
- dakṣiṇam
- southern
- tatra
- there
- kanyā-ākhyām
- known as Kanyā-kumārī
- durgām devīm
- Goddess Durgā
- dadarśa
- saw
- saḥ
- He
There at Setubandha [Rāmeśvaram] Lord Halāyudha gave brāhmaṇas ten thousand cows in charity. He then visited the Kṛtamālā and Tāmraparṇī rivers and the great Malaya Mountains. In the Malaya range Lord Balarāma found Agastya Ṛṣi sitting in meditation. After bowing down to the sage, the Lord offered him prayers and then received blessings from him. Taking leave from Agastya, He proceeded to the shore of the southern ocean, where He saw Goddess Durgā in her form of Kanyā-kumārī.