श्रीशुक उवाच एवं गतेऽथ सुद्युम्ने मनुर्वैवस्वत: सुते । पुत्रकामस्तपस्तेपे यमुनायां शतं समा: ॥ १ ॥
sri-suka uvaca evam gate ’tha sudyumne manur vaivasvatah sute putra-kamas tapas tepe yamunayam satam samah
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- evam
- thus
- gate
- had accepted the order of vanaprastha
- atha
- thereafter
- sudyumne
- when Sudyumna
- manuh vaivasvatah
- Vaivasvata Manu, known as Sraddhadeva
- sute
- his son
- putra-kamah
- desiring to get sons
- tapah tepe
- executed severe austerities
- yamunayam
- on the bank of the Yamuna
- satam samah
- for one hundred years.
Sukadeva Gosvami said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vanaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu (Sraddhadeva), being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamuna for one hundred years.