तदुपस्पर्शनादेव विनिर्धूतमलाशया: । धर्मे पारमहंस्ये च प्रोत्पन्नमतयोऽप्युत ॥ ४ ॥ तेपिरे तप एवोग्रं पित्रादेशेन यन्त्रिता: । प्रजाविवृद्धये यत्तान् देवर्षिस्तान् ददर्श ह ॥ ५ ॥
tad-upasparsanad eva vinirdhuta-malasayah dharme paramahamsye ca protpanna-matayo ’py uta tepire tapa evogram pitradesena yantritah praja-vivrddhaye yattan devarsis tan dadarsa ha
- tat
- of that holy place
- upasparsanat
- from bathing in that water or touching it
- eva
- only
- vinirdhuta
- completely washed away
- mala-asayah
- whose impure desires
- dharme
- to the practices
- paramahamsye
- executed by the topmost class of sannyasis
- ca
- also
- protpanna
- highly inclined
- matayah
- whose minds
- api uta
- although
- tepire
- they executed
- tapah
- penances
- eva
- certainly
- ugram
- severe
- pitr-adesena
- by the order of their father
- yantritah
- engaged
- praja-vivrddhaye
- for the purpose of increasing the population
- yattan
- ready
- devarsih
- the great sage Narada
- tan
- them
- dadarsa
- visited
- ha
- indeed
In that holy place, the Haryasvas began regularly touching the lake’s waters and bathing in them. Gradually becoming very much purified, they became inclined toward the activities of paramahamsas. Nevertheless, because their father had ordered them to increase the population, they performed severe austerities to fulfill his desires. One day, when the great sage Narada saw those boys performing such fine austerities to increase the population, Narada approached them.