भूमे: पर्यटनं पुण्यं तीर्थक्षेत्रनिषेवणै: । रोहितायादिशच्छक्र: सोऽप्यरण्येऽवसत् समाम् ॥ १८ ॥
bhumeh paryatanam punyam tirtha-ksetra-nisevanaih rohitayadisac chakrah so ’py aranye ’vasat samam
- bhumeh
- of the surface of the world
- paryatanam
- traveling
- punyam
- holy places
- tirtha-ksetra
- places of pilgrimage
- nisevanaih
- by serving or going to and coming from such places
- rohitaya
- unto Rohita
- adisat
- ordered
- sakrah
- King Indra
- sah
- he, Rohita
- api
- also
- aranye
- in the forest
- avasat
- lived
- samam
- for one year.
King Indra advised Rohita to travel to different pilgrimage sites and holy places, for such activities are pious indeed. Following this instruction, Rohita went to the forest for one year.