स एकदाराधनकाल आत्मवान् गृहीतमौनव्रत ईश्वरं हरिम् । जटाधरस्तापस आप्लुतोऽच्युतं समर्चयामास कुलाचलाश्रम: ॥ ८ ॥
sa ekadaradhana-kala atmavan grhita-mauna-vrata isvaram harim jata-dharas tapasa apluto ’cyutam samarcayam asa kulacalasramah
- sah
- that Indradyumna Maharaja
- ekada
- once upon a time
- aradhana-kale
- at the time of worshiping the Deity
- atmavan
- engaged in devotional service in meditation with great attention
- grhita
- taken
- mauna-vratah
- the vow of silence (not talking with anyone)
- isvaram
- the supreme controller
- harim
- the Personality of Godhead
- jata-dharah
- with matted locks
- tapasah
- always engaged in austerity
- aplutah
- always merged in love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- acyutam
- the infallible Lord
- samarcayam asa
- was worshiping
- kulacala-asramah
- he made his asrama in Kulacala (the Malaya Hills)
Indradyumna Maharaja retired from family life and went to the Malaya Hills, where he had a small cottage for his asrama. He wore matted locks on his head and always engaged in austerities. Once, while observing a vow of silence, he was fully engaged in the worship of the Lord and absorbed in the ecstasy of love of Godhead.