SB 10.20.40

Devanāgarī

निश्चलाम्बुरभूत्तूष्णीं समुद्र: शरदागमे । आत्मन्युपरते सम्यङ्‍मुनिर्व्युपरतागम: ॥ ४० ॥

Text

niścalāmbur abhūt tūṣṇīṁ samudraḥ śarad-āgame ātmany uparate samyaṅ munir vyuparatāgamaḥ

Synonyms

niścala—motionless;ambuḥ—its water;abhūt—became;tūṣnīm—quiet;samudraḥ—the ocean;śarat—of the fall season;āgame—with the coming;ātmani—when the self;uparate—has desisted from material activities;samyak—completely;muniḥ—a sage;vyuparata—giving up;āgamaḥ—recitation of the Vedicmantras..

Translation

With the arrival of autumn, the ocean and the lakes became silent, their water still, just like a sage who has desisted from all material activities and given up his recitation of Vedicmantras.

Purport