आमन्त्र्य तं मुनिवरमनुज्ञात: सहानुग: । प्रतस्थे रथमारुह्य सभार्य: स्वपुरं नृप: ॥ २६ ॥ उभयोऋर्षिकुल्याया: सरस्वत्या: सुरोधसो: । ऋषीणामुपशान्तानां पश्यन्नाश्रमसम्पद: ॥ २७ ॥
amantrya tam muni-varam anujnatah sahanugah pratasthe ratham aruhya sabharyah sva-puram nrpah ubhayor rsi-kulyayah sarasvatyah surodhasoh rsinam upasantanam pasyann asrama-sampadah
- amantrya
- taking permission to go
- tam
- from him (Kardama)
- muni-varam
- from the best of sages
- anujnatah
- being permitted to leave
- saha-anugah
- along with his retinue
- pratasthe
- started for
- ratham aruhya
- mounting his chariot
- sa-bharyah
- along with his wife
- sva-puram
- his own capital
- nrpah
- the Emperor
- ubhayoh
- on both
- rsi-kulyayah
- agreeable to the sages
- sarasvatyah
- of the river Sarasvati
- su-rodhasoh
- the charming banks
- rsinam
- of the great sages
- upasantanam
- tranquil
- pasyan
- seeing
- asrama-sampadah
- the prosperity of the beautiful hermitages
After asking and obtaining the great sage’s permission to leave, the monarch mounted his chariot with his wife and started for his capital, followed by his retinue. Along the way he saw the prosperity of the tranquil seers’ beautiful hermitages on both the charming banks of the Sarasvati, the river so agreeable to saintly persons.