Canto 9, Chapter 1

King Sudyumna Becomes a Woman

Verse 31 (SB 9.1.31)
SB 9.1.31 • मूल श्लोक

ऋषयोऽपि तयोर्वीक्ष्य प्रसङ्गं रममाणयो: । निवृत्ता: प्रययुस्तस्मान्नरनारायणाश्रमम् ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

ṛṣayo ’pi tayor vīkṣya prasaṅgaṁ ramamāṇayoḥ nivṛttāḥ prayayus tasmān nara-nārāyaṇāśramam

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

ṛṣayaḥ — all the great saintly persons; api — also; tayoḥ — of both of them; vīkṣya — seeing; prasaṅgam — engagement in sexual matters; ramamāṇayoḥ — who were enjoying in that way; nivṛttāḥ — desisted from going further; prayayuḥ — immediately departed; tasmāt — from that place; nara-nārāyaṇa-āśramam — to the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

Translation

“Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in sexual affairs, all the great saintly persons immediately desisted from going further and departed for the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda