Chapter 9
सूत उवाच इतीडितोऽर्चित: काममृषिणा भगवान् मुने । तथेति स स्मयन् प्रागाद् बदर्याश्रममीश्वर: ॥ ७ ॥
Transliteration
sūta uvāca itīḍito ’rcitaḥ kāmam ṛṣiṇā bhagavān mune tatheti sa smayan prāgād badary-āśramam īśvaraḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
sūtaḥ uvāca — Sūta Gosvāmī said; iti — in these words; īḍitaḥ — glorified; arcitaḥ — worshiped; kāmam — satisfactorily; ṛṣiṇā — by the sage Mārkaṇḍeya; bhagavān — the Personality of Godhead; mune — O wise Śaunaka; tathā iti — “so be it”; saḥ — He; smayan — smiling; prāgāt — departed; badarī-āśramam — for the hermitage Badarikāśrama; īśvaraḥ — the Supreme Lord.
Translation
“Sūta Gosvāmī said: O wise Śaunaka, thus satisfied by Mārkaṇḍeya’s praise and worship, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, smiling, replied, “So be it,” and then departed for His hermitage at Badarikāśrama.”