ekas tapasvy aham athāmbhasi matsya-saṅgāt
ekas tapasvy aham athāmbhasi matsya-saṅgāt
pañcāśad āsam uta pañca-sahasra-sargaḥ
nāntaṁ vrajāmy ubhaya-kṛtya-manorathānāṁ
māyā-guṇair hṛta-matir viṣaye 'rtha-bhāvaḥ
In the beginning I was alone and engaged in performing the austerities of mystic yoga, but later, because of the association of fish, I became fifty members, and then increased to five thousand members. My intelligence destroyed by the guṇas, thinking enjoyment as the goal of life, I obtained no end to my desires in this and next life.
He explains further the fault of association. By association with fifty wives I became fifty. By sons I became five thousand since he had a hundred sons by each wife. Thinking that enjoyment is the goal of life (artha-bhāvaḥ), I obtained no end to desires for performing actions for this and next life (ubhaya-kṛtya).
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evaṁ vasan gṛhe kālaṁ
virakto nyāsam āsthitaḥ
vanaṁ jagāmānuyayus
tat-patnyaḥ pati-devatāḥ
In this way he passed his life in household affairs for some time, but then he became detached from material enjoyment. He accepted the vānaprastha order and went to the forest. His devoted wives followed him, for they had no shelter other than their husband.
Nyāsam means giving up material association, taking vāna-prastha.
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tatra taptvā tapas tīkṣṇam
ātma-darśanam ātmavān
sahaivāgnibhir ātmānaṁ
yuyoja paramātmani
Saubhari, knowing the self, performed severe penances in the forest for realizing the self. He gave up his body along with the fires and attained the Supreme Lord.
He gave up his body along with the household fires, and attained the Lord.
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tāḥ sva-patyur mahārāja
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