ity ādyam ṛṣim ānamya
tac-chiṣyāḿś ca mahātmanaḥ
tato 'gād āśramaḿ sākṣāt
pitur dvaipāyanasya me
iti — thus speaking; ādyam — foremost; ṛṣim — to the sage (Nārāyaṇa Ṛṣi); ānamya — bowing down; tat — His; śiṣyān — to the disciples; ca — and; mahā-ātmanaḥ — great saints; tataḥ — from there (Nārāyaṇāśrama); agāt — he went; āśramam — to the hermitage; sākṣāt — direct; pituḥ — of the progenitor; dvaipāyanasya — Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa; me — my.