श्रीशुक उवाच
एवं गतेऽथ सुद्युम्ने मनुर्वैवस्वतः सुते ।
पुत्रकामस्तपस्तेपे यमुनायां शतं समाः ॥१॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
evaá¹ gate 'tha sudyumne
manur vaivasvataḥ sute
putra-kÄmas tapas tepe
yamunÄyÄá¹ Å›ataá¹ samÄḥ

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; evam - thus; gate - had accepted the order of vÄnaprastha; atha - thereafter; sudyumne - when Sudyumna; manuḥ vaivasvataḥ - Vaivasvata Manu, known as ÅšrÄddhadeva; sute - his son; putra-kÄmaḥ - desiring to get sons; tapaḥ tepe - executed severe austerities; yamunÄyÄm - on the bank of the YamunÄ; Å›atam samÄḥ - for one hundred years.


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Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vÄnaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [ÅšrÄddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the YamunÄ for one hundred years.

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