श्रीशुक उवाच एवं गते ऽथ सुद्युम्ने मनुर्वैवस्वतः सुते पुत्रकामस्तपस्तेपे यमुनायां शतं समाः
śrī-śuka uvāca evaṁ gate 'tha sudyumne manur vaivasvataḥ sute putra-kāmas tapas tepe yamunāyāṁ śataṁ samāḥ
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; evam—thus; gate—had accepted the order of vānaprastha; atha—thereafter; sudyumne—when Sudyumna; manuḥ vaivasvataḥ—Vaivasvata Manu, known as Śrāddhadeva; sute—his son; putra-kāmaḥ—desiring to get sons; tapaḥ tepe—executed severe austerities; yamunāyām—on the bank of the Yamunā; śatam samāḥ—for one hundred years..
Translation
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vānaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [Śrāddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā for one hundred years.