तदुपस्पर्शनादेव विनिर्धूतमलाशया: । जपन्तो ब्रह्म परमं तेपुस्तत्र महत्तप: ॥ २६ ॥
tad-upasparsanad eva vinirdhuta-malasayah japanto brahma paramam tepus tatra mahat tapah
- tat
- of that holy place
- upasparsanat
- by bathing regularly in the water
- eva
- indeed
- vinirdhuta
- completely purified
- mala-asayah
- of all the dirt within the heart
- japantah
- chanting or murmuring
- brahma
- mantras beginning with om (such as om tad visnoh paramam padam sada pasyanti surayah)
- paramam
- the ultimate goal
- tepuh
- performed
- tatra
- there
- mahat
- great
- tapah
- penances.
At Narayana-saras, the second group of sons performed penances in the same way as the first. They bathed in the holy water, and by its touch all the dirty material desires in their hearts were cleansed away. They murmured mantras beginning with omkara and underwent a severe course of austerities.