सुनन्दायां वर्षशतं पदैकेन भुवं स्पृशन् । तप्यमानस्तपो घोरमिदमन्वाह भारत ॥ ८ ॥
sunandayam varsa-satam padaikena bhuvam sprsan tapyamanas tapo ghoram idam anvaha bharata
- sunandayam
- on the bank of the River Sunanda
- varsa-satam
- for one hundred years
- pada-ekena
- on one leg
- bhuvam
- the earth
- sprsan
- touching
- tapyamanah
- he performed austerities
- tapah
- austerities
- ghoram
- very severe
- idam
- the following
- anvaha
- and spoke
- bharata
- O scion of Bharata.
O scion of Bharata, after Svayambhuva Manu had thus entered the forest with his wife, he stood on one leg on the bank of the River Sunanda, and in this way, with only one leg touching the earth, he performed great austerities for one hundred years. While performing these austerities, he spoke as follows.