Chapter 22
आमन्त्र्य तं मुनिवरमनुज्ञात: सहानुग: । प्रतस्थे रथमारुह्य सभार्य: स्वपुरं नृप: ॥ २६ ॥ उभयोऋर्षिकुल्याया: सरस्वत्या: सुरोधसो: । ऋषीणामुपशान्तानां पश्यन्नाश्रमसम्पद: ॥ २७ ॥
Transliteration
āmantrya taṁ muni-varam anujñātaḥ sahānugaḥ pratasthe ratham āruhya sabhāryaḥ sva-puraṁ nṛpaḥubhayor ṛṣi-kulyāyāḥ sarasvatyāḥ surodhasoḥ ṛṣīṇām upaśāntānāṁ paśyann āśrama-sampadaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
āmantrya — taking permission to go; tam — from him (Kardama); muni-varam — from the best of sages; anujñātaḥ — being permitted to leave; saha-anugaḥ — along with his retinue; pratasthe — started for; ratham āruhya — mounting his chariot; sa-bhāryaḥ — along with his wife; sva-puram — his own capital; nṛpaḥ — the Emperor; ubhayoḥ — on both; ṛṣi-kulyāyāḥ — agreeable to the sages; sarasvatyāḥ — of the river Sarasvatī; su-rodhasoḥ — the charming banks; ṛṣīṇām — of the great sages; upaśāntānām — tranquil; paśyan — seeing; āśrama-sampadaḥ — the prosperity of the beautiful hermitages.
Translation
“After asking and obtaining the great sage’s permission to leave, the monarch mounted his chariot with his wife and started for his capital, followed by his retinue. Along the way he saw the prosperity of the tranquil seers’ beautiful hermitages on both the charming banks of the Sarasvatī, the river so agreeable to saintly persons.”