evaṁ śapati viprarṣau
vidyām āsthāya phālgunaḥ
yayau saṁyamanīm āśu
yatrāste bhagavān yamaḥ

 evam - thus; śapati - as he cursed him; vipra-ṛṣau - the wise brāhmaṇa; vidyām - a mystic incantation; āsthāya - resorting to; phālgunaḥ - Arjuna; yayau - went; saṁyamanīm - to the heavenly city Saṁyamanī; asu - immediately; yatra - where; āste - lives; bhagavān yamaḥ - Lord Yamarāja.


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While the wise brāhmaṇa continued to heap insults upon him, Arjuna employed a mystic incantation to go at once to Saṁyamanī, the city of heaven where Lord Yamarāja resides.

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