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| Canto 5: The Creative Impetus | Chapter 8: A Description of the Character of Bharata Mahārāja |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.8.1
ekadā tu mahā-nadyām kritābhisheka-naiyamikāvaśyako brahmāksharam abhigrināno muhūrta-trayam udakānta upaviveśa
SYNONYMS
śrī-śukah uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ekadā — once upon a time; tu — but; mahā-nadyām — in the great river known as Gandakī; krita-abhisheka-naiyamika-avaśyakah — having taken a bath after finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and brushing the teeth; brahma-aksharam — the pranava-mantra (om); abhigrinānah — chanting; muhūrta-trayam — for three minutes; udaka-ante — on the bank of the river; upaviveśa — he sat down.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, one day, after finishing his morning duties — evacuating, urinating and bathing — Mahārāja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River Gandakī for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra, beginning with omkāra.
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