SB 9.1.31

SB 9.1.31

Devanagari

ऋषयोऽपि तयोर्वीक्ष्य प्रसङ्गं रममाणयो: ।
निवृत्ता: प्रययुस्तस्मान्नरनारायणाश्रमम् ॥ ३१ ॥

Verse text

ṛṣayo ’pi tayor vīkṣya
prasaṅgaṁ ramamāṇayoḥ
nivṛttāḥ prayayus tasmān
nara-nārāyaṇāśramam

Synonyms

ṛṣayaḥ — all the great saintly persons ; api — also ; tayoḥ — of both of them ; vīkṣya — seeing ; prasaṅgam — engagement in sexual matters ; ramamāṇayoḥ — who were enjoying in that way ; nivṛttāḥ — desisted from going further ; prayayuḥ — immediately departed ; tasmāt — from that place ; nara-nārāyaṇa-āśramam — to the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

Translation

Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in sexual affairs, all the great saintly persons immediately desisted from going further and departed for the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in intimacy, all the sages refrained from approaching and departed for the hermitage of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.