SB 9.6.10

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Ninth Canto - Chapter 6: The Downfall of Saubhari Muni

SB 9.6.9 - SB 9.6.11

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 10

sa tu vipreṇa saṁvādaṁ

jñāpakena samācaran

tyaktvā kalevaraṁ yogī

sa tenāvāpa yat param

SYNONYMS

saḥ—Mahārāja Ikṣvāku; tu—indeed; vipreṇa—with the brāhmaṇa (Vasiṣṭha); saṁvādam—discussion; jñāpakena—with the informer; samācaran—doing accordingly; tyaktvā—giving up; kalevaram—this body; yogī—being a bhakti-yogī in the order of renunciation; saḥ—the King; tena—by such instruction; avāpa—achieved; yat—that position which; param—supreme.

TRANSLATION

Having been instructed by the great and learned brāhmaṇa Vasiṣṭha, who discoursed about the Absolute Truth, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced. By following the principles for a yogī, he certainly achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body.

SB 9.6.9 - SB 9.6.11