तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थमृषि: स्वाश्रम एव स: । वसन्नग्न्यर्कसोमाम्बुभूवायुवियदात्मसु ॥ ८ ॥ ध्यायन् सर्वत्र च हरिं भावद्रव्यैरपूजयत् । क्वचित् पूजां विसस्मार प्रेमप्रसरसम्प्लुत: ॥ ९ ॥
tam eva cintayann artham ṛṣiḥ svāśrama eva saḥ vasann agny-arka-somāmbu- bhū-vāyu-viyad-ātmasu dhyāyan sarvatra ca hariṁ bhāva-dravyair apūjayat kvacit pūjāṁ visasmāra prema-prasara-samplutaḥ
- tam
- that
- eva
- indeed
- cintayan
- thinking of
- artham
- the goal
- ṛṣiḥ
- the sage Mārkaṇḍeya
- sva-āśrame
- at his own hermitage
- eva
- indeed
- saḥ
- he
- vasan
- remaining
- agni
- in the fire
- arka
- the sun
- soma
- the moon
- ambu
- the water
- bhū
- the earth
- vāyu
- the wind
- viyat
- the lightning
- ātmasu
- and in his own heart
- dhyāyan
- meditating
- sarvatra
- in all circumstances
- ca
- and
- harim
- upon Lord Hari
- bhāva-dravyaiḥ
- with paraphernalia conceived in his mind
- apūjayat
- he offered worship
- kvacit
- sometimes
- pūjām
- the worship
- visasmāra
- he forgot
- prema
- of pure love of God
- prasara
- in the flood
- samplutaḥ
- being drowned
Thinking always of his desire to see the Lord’s illusory energy, the sage remained in his āśrama, meditating constantly upon the Lord within fire, the sun, the moon, water, the earth, air, lightning and his own heart and worshiping Him with paraphernalia conceived in his mind. But sometimes, overwhelmed by waves of love for the Lord, Mārkaṇḍeya would forget to perform his regular worship.