पित्रादिष्टा: प्रजासर्गे तपसेऽर्णवमाविशन् । दशवर्षसहस्राणि तपसार्चंस्तपस्पतिम् ॥ १४ ॥
pitradistah praja-sarge tapase ’rnavam avisan dasa-varsa-sahasrani tapasarcams tapas-patim
- pitra
- by the father
- adistah
- being ordered by
- praja-sarge
- in the matter of begetting children
- tapase
- for executing austerity
- arnavam
- in the ocean
- avisan
- entered
- dasa-varsa
- ten years
- sahasrani
- such thousands
- tapasa
- by their austerity
- arcan
- worshiped
- tapah
- of austerity
- patim
- the master.
When all these Pracetas were ordered by their father to marry and beget children, they all entered the ocean and practiced austerities and penances for ten thousand years. Thus they worshiped the master of all austerity, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.