SB 10.28.1
His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca
ekādaśyāṁ nirāhāraḥ
samabhyarcya janārdanam
snātuṁ nandas tu kālindyāṁ
dvādaśyāṁ jalam āviśat
SYNONYMS
śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥ uvāca—Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) said; ekādaśyām—on Ekādaśī (the eleventh day of the lunar month); nirāhāraḥ—fasting; samabhyarcya—having worshiped; janārdanam—Lord Janārdana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; snātum—in order to bathe (before breaking the fast at its prescribed completion); nandaḥ—Nanda Mahārāja; tu—but; kālindyām—in the river Yamunā; dvādaśyām—on the twelfth day; jalam—the water; āviśat—entered.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Having worshiped Lord Janārdana and fasted on the Ekādaśī day, Nanda Mahārāja entered the water of the Kālindī on the Dvādaśī to take his bath.