व्रतं स आस्थितो मौनमात्मैकशरणो मुनि: । नि:सङ्गो व्यचरत्क्षोणीमनग्निरनिकेतन: ॥ ४२ ॥
vratam sa asthito maunam atmaika-sarano munih nihsango vyacarat ksonim anagnir aniketanah
- vratam
- vow
- sah
- he (Kardama)
- asthitah
- accepted
- maunam
- silence
- atma
- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- eka
- exclusively
- saranah
- being sheltered
- munih
- the sage
- nihsangah
- without association
- vyacarat
- he traveled
- ksonim
- the earth
- anagnih
- without fire
- aniketanah
- without shelter.
The sage Kardama accepted silence as a vow in order to think of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and take shelter of Him exclusively. Without association, he traveled over the surface of the globe as a sannyasi, devoid of any relationship with fire or shelter.