SB 1.16.36
तयोरेवं कथयतोः पृथिवीधर्मयोस्तदा ।
परीक्षिन्नाम राजर्षिः प्राप्तः प्राचीं सरस्वतीम् ॥ ३६ ॥
परीक्षिन्नाम राजर्षिः प्राप्तः प्राचीं सरस्वतीम् ॥ ३६ ॥
tayor evaṁ kathayatoḥ pṛthivī-dharmayos tadā
parīkṣin nāma rājarṣiḥ prāptaḥ prācīṁ sarasvatīm
parīkṣin nāma rājarṣiḥ prāptaḥ prācīṁ sarasvatīm
Synonyms
tadā — in that precise moment [tasmin eva kāle182]; pṛthivī-dharmayoḥ — while the Earth goddess and Dharma; evam — [were] thus [ittham183]; kathayatoḥ — engaged in conversation [saṁbhāṣamāṇayoḥ satoḥ]; tayoḥ — between themselves [mithaḥ]; rāja-ṛṣiḥ — the saintly king; nāma — named; parīkṣit — Parīkṣit; prāptaḥ — arrived [āgataḥ184]; sarasvatīm — at the bank of the Sarasvatī River [in Kurukṣetra (kurukṣetre)185]; prācīm — where it flows eastward [pūrva-vāhinīm].
Translation
In that precise moment, while the Earth goddess and Dharma were thus engaged in conversation between themselves, the saintly king named Parīkṣit arrived at the bank of the Sarasvatī River, where it flows eastward.