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SB 10.28.1

Devanāgarī

श्रीबादरायणिरुवाच एकादश्यां निराहार: समभ्यर्च्य जनार्दनम् । स्‍नातुं नन्दस्तु कालिन्द्यां द्वादश्यां जलमाविशत् ॥ १ ॥

Text

śrī-bādarāyaṇir uvāca ekādaśyāṁ nirāhāraḥ samabhyarcya janārdanam snātuṁ nandas tu kālindyāṁ dvādaśyāṁ jalam āviśat

Synonyms

śrī-bādarāyaṇiḥuvāca—Śrī Bādarāyaṇi (Śukadeva Gosvāmī) said;ekādaśyām—on Ekādaśī (the eleventh day of the lunar month);nirāhāraḥ—fasting;samabhyarcya—having worshiped;janārdanam—Lord Janārdana, the Supreme Personality of Godhead;snātum—in order to bathe (before breaking the fast at its prescribed completion);nandaḥ—Nanda Mahārāja;tu—but;kālindyām—in the river Yamunā;dvādaśyām—on the twelfth day;jalam—the water;āviśat—entered.

Translation

Śrī Bādarāyaṇi said: Having worshiped Lord Janārdana and fasted on the Ekādaśī day, Nanda Mahārāja entered the water of the Kālindī on the Dvādaśī to take his bath.

Chapter 28SB 10.28.2