तमन्वथ वटो ब्रह्मन् सलिलं लोकसम्प्लव: । तिरोधायि क्षणादस्य स्वाश्रमे पूर्ववत्स्थित: ॥ ३४ ॥
tam anv atha vaṭo brahman salilaṁ loka-samplavaḥ tirodhāyi kṣaṇād asya svāśrame pūrva-vat sthitaḥ
- tam
- Him
- anu
- following
- atha
- then
- vaṭaḥ
- the banyan tree
- brahman
- O brāhmaṇa, Śaunaka
- salilam
- the water
- loka-samplavaḥ
- the annihilation of the universe
- tirodhāyi
- they disappeared
- kṣaṇāt
- immediately
- asya
- in front of him
- sva-āśrame
- in his own hermitage
- pūrva-vat
- as previously
- sthitaḥ
- he was present
After the Lord disappeared, O brāhmaṇa, the banyan tree, the great water and the dissolution of the universe all vanished as well, and in an instant Mārkaṇḍeya found himself back in his own hermitage, just as before.