Devanagari
एकदा मुनयस्ते तु सरस्वत्सलिलाप्लुता: ।
हुत्वाग्नीन् सत्कथाश्चक्रुरुपविष्टा: सरित्तटे ॥ ३६ ॥
Verse text
ekadā munayas te tu
sarasvat-salilāplutāḥ
hutvāgnīn sat-kathāś cakrur
upaviṣṭāḥ sarit-taṭe
Synonyms
ekadā
—
once upon a time
;
munayaḥ
—
all those great saintly persons
;
te
—
they
;
tu
—
then
;
sarasvat
—
of the river Sarasvatī
;
salila
—
in the water
;
āplutāḥ
—
bathed
;
hutvā
—
offering oblations
;
agnīn
—
into the fires
;
sat
—
kathāḥ — discussions about transcendental subject matters
;
cakruḥ
—
began to do
;
upaviṣṭāḥ
—
sitting
;
sarit
—
taṭe — by the side of the river .
Translation
Once upon a time, the same saintly persons, after taking their bath in the river Sarasvatī, began to perform their daily duties by offering oblations into the sacrificial fires. After this, sitting on the bank of the river, they began to talk about the transcendental person and His pastimes.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Once, the sages, after taking bath in the Sarasvatī River, and offering oblations, began to speak about the Lord, while sitting on the river bank.
Sarasvat in the masculine gender is poetic license.