Canto 3: The Status QuoChapter 33: Activities of Kapila

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 3.33.32

tasyas tad yoga-vidhuta-

martyam martyam abhut sarit

srotasam pravara saumya

siddhida siddha-sevita

SYNONYMS

tasyah -- of Devahuti; tat -- that; yoga -- by yoga practice; vidhuta -- relinquished; martyam -- material elements; martyam -- her mortal body; abhut -- became; sarit -- a river; srotasam -- of all rivers; pravara -- the foremost; saumya -- O gentle Vidura; siddhi-da -- conferring perfection; siddha -- by persons desiring perfection; sevita -- resorted to.

TRANSLATION

Dear Vidura, the material elements of her body have melted into water and are now a flowing river, which is the most sacred of all rivers. Anyone who bathes in that river also attains perfection, and therefore all persons who desire perfection go bathe there.

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