स्तूयमानः समुद्रेण दत्तार्हणनिकेतनः ॥३४॥
siddha-cÄraṇa-gandharvair
munibhiÅ› cÄpsaro-gaṇaiḥ
stÅ«yamÄnaḥ samudreṇa
dattÄrhaṇa-niketanaḥ
siddha - by the Siddhas; cÄraṇa - by the CÄraṇas; gandharvaiḥ - by the Gandharvas; munibhiḥ - by the munis; ca - and; apsaraḥ-gaṇaiḥ - by the ApsarÄs (damsels of the heavenly planets); stÅ«yamÄnaḥ - being extolled; samudreṇa - by the ocean; datta - given; arhaṇa - oblations; niketanaḥ - place of residence.
While He was passing in the northern direction, all the celestial denizens known as CÄraṇas and Gandharvas, as well as the munis and the damsels of the heavenly planets, prayed and offered Him all respects. The ocean offered Him oblations and a place of residence.
It is understood that Kapila Muni first went towards the HimÄlayas and traced the course of the river Ganges, and He again came to the delta of the Ganges at the sea now known as the Bay of Bengal. The ocean gave Him residence at a place still known as Gaá¹…gÄ-sÄgara, where the river Ganges meets the sea. That place is called Gaá¹…gÄ-sÄgara-tÄ«rtha, and even today people gather there to offer respects to Kapiladeva, the original author of the SÄá¹…khya system of philosophy. Unfortunately, this SÄá¹…khya system has been misrepresented by an imposter who is also named Kapila, but that other system of philosophy does not tally with anything described in the SÄá¹…khya of Kapila in the ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam.
