tatra -- there (at Setubandha, known also as Ramesvaram); ayutam -- ten thousand; adat -- He gave away; dhenuh -- cows; brahmanebhyah -- to brahmanas; hala-ayudhah -- Lord Balarama, whose weapon is the plow; kritamalam -- to the Kritamala River; tamraparnim -- the Tamraparni River; malayam -- Malaya; ca -- and; kula-acalam -- the principal mountain range; tatra -- there; agastyam -- to Agastya Rishi; samasinam -- sitting (in meditation); namaskritya -- bowing down; abhivadya -- glorifying; ca -- and; yojitah -- granted; tena -- by him; ca -- and; asirbhih -- blessings; anujnatah -- given permission to leave; gatah -- He went; arnavam -- to the ocean; dakshinam -- southern; tatra -- there; kanya-akhyam -- known as Kanya-kumari; durgam devim -- Goddess Durga; dadarsa -- saw; sah -- He.

There at Setubandha [Ramesvaram] Lord Halayudha gave brahmanas ten thousand cows in charity. He then visited the Kritamala and Tamraparni rivers and the great Malaya Mountains. In the Malaya range Lord Balarama found Agastya Rishi sitting in meditation. After bowing down to the sage, the Lord offered him prayers and then received blessings from him. Taking leave from Agastya, He proceeded to the shore of the southern ocean, where He saw Goddess Durga in her form of Kanya-kumari.