SB 9.6.10 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

स तु विप्रेण संवादं ज्ञापकेन समाचरन् । त्यक्त्वा कलेवरं योगी स तेनावाप यत् परम् ॥ १० ॥

Verse text

sa tu vipreṇa saṁvādaṁ jṣāpakena samācaran tyaktvā kalevaraṁ yogī sa tenāvāpa yat param

Synonyms

saḥ — Mahārāja Ikṣvāku ; tu — indeed ; vipreṇa — with the brāhmaṇa (Vasiṣṭha) ; saṁvādam — discussion ; jṣāpakena — with the informer ; samācaran — doing accordingly ; tyaktvā — giving up ; kalevaram — this body ; yogī — being a bhakti-yogī in the order of renunciation ; saḥ — the King ; tena — by such instruction ; avāpa — achieved ; yat — that position which ; param — supreme .

Translation

Having been instructed by the great and learned brāhmaṇa Vasiṣṭha, who discoursed about the Absolute Truth, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced. By following the principles for a yogī, he certainly achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Instituting the instructions give by Vasiṣṭha, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced and achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body. Ikṣvāku, executing the instructions given by Vasiṣṭha who gave knowledge, became detached.