prajāḥ sṛjeti bhagavān
prajāḥ sṛjeti bhagavān
kardamo brahmaṇoditaḥ
sarasvatyāṁ tapas tepe
sahasrāṇāṁ samā daśa
Maitreya said: O dear Vidura! When Brahmā said to Kardama “Produce progeny” Kardama went to the bank of the Sarasvatī River and performed penance for ten thousand years.
Samāḥ means years.
|| 3.21.7||
tataḥ samādhi-yuktena
kriyā-yogena kardamaḥ
samprapede hariṁ bhaktyā
prapanna-varadāśuṣam
Then, through his austerities, using methods of worship with concentrated mind, Kardama with devotion worshipped the Supreme Lord, giver of benedictions to the surrendered.
After his austerities (tataḥ), by that austerity, with mind concentrated (samādhi-yuktena) in methods of worship (kriya-yogena) he saw the Lord, who is the giver (āśuṣam) of benedictions to the devotees who are surrendered to him
|| 3.21.8||
tāvat prasanno bhagavān
puṣkarākṣaḥ kṛte yuge
darśayām āsa taṁ kṣattaḥ
śābdaṁ brahma dadhad vapuḥ
O Vidura! The lotus eyed Lord, having a body made of the Vedas, pleased with Kardama, showed him his form in Satya-yuga.
Worshipping the Lord until he saw him, Kardama quickly saw the Lord by his mercy. The Lord is known only through scriptures. He had a body made of the Vedas. This is Śrīdhara Svāmī’s explanation. The phrase dadhat vapuḥ can also mean “revealing his form of eternity, knowledge and bliss.” It can also mean “nourished by the scents, garlands and food offered by Kardama.”
|| 3.21.9-12||
sa taṁ virajam arkābhaṁ
sita-padmotpala-srajam
snigdha-nīlālaka-vrāta-
vaktrābjaṁ virajo ’mbaram
kirīṭinaṁ kuṇḍalinaṁ
śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-dharam
śvetotpala-krīḍanakaṁ
manaḥ-sparśa-smitekṣaṇam
vinyasta-caraṇāmbhojam
aṁsa-deśe garutmataḥ
dṛṣṭvā khe ’vasthitaṁ vakṣaḥ-
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