dharme pāramahaṁsye ca
vinirdhūta-malāśayāḥ
dharme pāramahaṁsye ca
protpanna-matayo 'py uta
tepire tapa evograṁ
pitrādeśena yantritāḥ
prajā-vivṛddhaye yattān
devarṣis tān dadarśa ha
In that holy place, the Haryaśvas, purified by touching the lake's waters and bathing in them and inclined toward the activities of paramahaṁsas, performed severe austerities. Nārada saw them as they were intent upon increasing the population as ordered by their father.
Yattān means “endeavoring.”
|| 6.5.6-8 ||
uvāca cātha haryaśvāḥ
kathaṁ srakṣyatha vai prajāḥ
adṛṣṭvāntaṁ bhuvo yūyaṁ
bāliśā bata pālakāḥ
tathaika-puruṣaṁ rāṣṭraṁ
bilaṁ cādṛṣṭa-nirgamam
bahu-rūpāṁ striyaṁ cāpi
pumāṁsaṁ puṁścalī-patim
nadīm ubhayato vāhāṁ
pañca-pañcādbhutaṁ gṛham
kvacid dhaṁsaṁ citra-kathaṁ
kṣaura-pavyaṁ svayaṁ bhrami
He said, “O Haryaśvas! Why should you create progeny? Though you are princes you are inexperienced and have not seen the end of this earth. There is one kingdom where only one man lives. There is a hole from which, having entered, no one emerges. There is a woman there with many forms. There is one man, husband of the unchaste woman. There is a river flowing in both directions, a wonderful home made of twenty-five materials, a swan that vibrates various sounds, and an automatically revolving object made of sharp razors and thunderbolts.
Why should these sons, pure hearted and qualified for liberation, take to the path of karma on the order of their father? After giving them confidential teachings I will liberate them. Thus the merciful Nārada spoke enigmatic, metaphorical words to them.
O Haryaśvas! How will you create progeny when you have not seen the end of the earth? One should not say that this statement will be fulfilled on its own later (when you are ruling the planet). You are foolish, because you are young (bālakāḥ). Another version has pālakāḥ. Though you are protectors of the people you are foolish. How disappointing (bata)! The sentence continues till verse 9. How will you create, not knowing about that place with one man, a country and a hole. There is a river flowing in both directions. There is an astonishing house made of twenty-five elements. This is Viṣṇu. He is called an astonishing house, because the devotees can remain in the twenty-five elements, since they take on spiritual qualities by the mercy of the Lord. There is a sharp object made of razors and thunderbolts.
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