तयो: संवदतो: सूत प्रवृत्ता ह्यमला: कथा: । आपो गाङ्गा इवाघघ्नीर्हरे: पादाम्बुजाश्रया: ॥ ५ ॥
tayoh samvadatoh suta pravrtta hy amalah kathah apo ganga ivagha-ghnir hareh padambujasrayah
- tayoh
- while the two (Maitreya and Vidura)
- samvadatoh
- were conversing
- suta
- O Suta
- pravrttah
- arose
- hi
- certainly
- amalah
- spotless
- kathah
- narrations
- apah
- waters
- gangah
- of the River Ganges
- iva
- like
- agha-ghnih
- vanquishing all sins
- hareh
- of the Lord
- pada-ambuja
- the lotus feet
- asrayah
- taking shelter.
Saunaka inquired about the conversation between Vidura and Maitreya: There must have been many narrations of the spotless pastimes of the Lord. The hearing of such narrations is exactly like bathing in the water of the Ganges, for it can free one from all sinful reactions.