श्रीशुक उवाच एकदा तु महानद्यां कृताभिषेकनैयमिकावश्यको ब्रह्माक्षरमभिगृणानो मुहूर्तत्रयमुदकान्त उपविवेश ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca ekada tu maha-nadyam krtabhiseka-naiyamikavasyako brahmaksaram abhigrnano muhurta-trayam udakanta upavivesa.
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- ekada
- once upon a time
- tu
- but
- maha-nadyam
- in the great river known as Gandaki
- krta-abhiseka-naiyamika-avasyakah
- having taken a bath after finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and brushing the teeth
- brahma-aksaram
- the pranava-mantra (om)
- abhigrnanah
- chanting
- muhurta-trayam
- for three minutes
- udaka-ante
- on the bank of the river
- upavivesa
- he sat down
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, one day, after finishing his morning duties—evacuating, urinating and bathing—Maharaja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River Gandaki for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra, beginning with omkara.