रिक्थं पितृपैतामहं यथादायं विभज्य स्वयं सकलसम्पन्निकेतात्स्वनिकेतात्
पुलहाश्रमं प्रवव्राज ॥८॥
evaá¹ vará¹£Äyuta-sahasra-paryantÄvasita-karma-nirvÄṇÄvasaro 'dhibhujyamÄnaá¹ sva-tanayebhyo rikthaá¹ pitá¹›-paitÄmahaá¹ yathÄ-dÄyaá¹ vibhajya svayaá¹ sakala-sampan-niketÄt sva-niketÄt pulahÄÅ›ramaá¹ pravavrÄja
evam - thus being always engaged; vará¹£a-ayuta-sahasra - one thousand times ten thousand years; paryanta - until then; avasita-karma-nirvÄṇa-avasaraḥ - MahÄrÄja Bharata who ascertained the moment of the end of his royal opulence; adhibhujyamÄnam - being enjoyed in this way for that duration; sva-tanayebhyaḥ - unto his own sons; riktham - the wealth; pitá¹›-paitÄmaham - which he received from his father and forefathers; yathÄ-dÄyam - according to the dÄya-bhÄk laws of Manu; vibhajya - dividing; svayam - personally; sakala-sampat - of all kinds of opulence; niketÄt - the abode; sva-niketÄt - from his paternal home; pulaha-ÄÅ›ramam pravavrÄja - he went to the ÄÅ›rama of Pulaha in Hardwar (where the Å›ÄlagrÄma-Å›ilÄs are obtainable).
Destiny fixed the time for MahÄrÄja Bharata’s enjoyment of material opulence at one thousand times ten thousand years. When that period was finished, he retired from family life and divided the wealth he had received from his forefathers among his sons. He left his paternal home, the reservoir of all opulence, and started for PulahÄÅ›rama, which is situated in Hardwar. The Å›ÄlagrÄma-Å›ilÄs are obtainable there.
According to the law of dÄya-bhÄk, when one inherits an estate he must hand it over to the next generation. Bharata MahÄrÄja did this properly. First he enjoyed his paternal property for one thousand times ten thousand years. At the time of his retirement, he divided this property among his sons and left for Pulaha-ÄÅ›rama.
