tatrāyutam adād dhenūr
brāhmaṇebhyo halāyudhaḥ
kṛtamālāḿ tāmraparṇīḿ
malayaḿ ca kulācalam
tatrāgastyaḿ samāsīnaḿ
namaskṛtyābhivādya ca
yojitas tena cāśīrbhir
anujñāto gato 'rṇavam
dakṣiṇaḿ tatra kanyākhyāḿ
durgāḿ devīḿ dadarśa saḥ
tatra — there (at Setubandha, known also as Rāmeśvaram); ayutam — ten thousand; adāt — He gave away; dhenūḥ — cows; brahmaṇebhyaḥ — to brāhmaṇas; hala-āyudhaḥ — Lord Balarāma, whose weapon is the plow; kṛtamālām — to the Kṛtamālā River; tāmraparṇīm — the Tāmraparṇī River; malayam — Malaya; ca — and; kula-acalam — the principal mountain range; tatra — there; agastyam — to Agastya Ṛṣi; samāsīnam — sitting (in meditation); namaskṛtya — bowing down; abhivādya — glorifying; ca — and; yojitaḥ — granted; tena — by him; ca — and; āśīrbhiḥ — blessings; anujñātaḥ — given permission to leave; gataḥ — He went; arṇavam — to the ocean; dakṣiṇam — southern; tatra — there; kanyā-ākhyām — known as Kanyā-kumārī; durgām devīm — Goddess Durgā; dadarśa — saw; saḥ — He.