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  "name":"SB 9.6.10",
  "h1":"SB 9.6.10",
  "label":"Text 10",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 9.6.10",
  "description":"Having been instructed by the great and learned brāhmaṇa Vasiṣṭha, who discoursed about the Absolute Truth, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced. By following the principles for a yogī, he certainly achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body."

} —

SB 9.6.10

Text

sa tu vipreṇa saṁvādaṁ
jñāpakena samācaran
tyaktvā kalevaraṁ yogī
sa tenāvāpa yat param

Synonyms

saḥ—Mahārāja Ikṣvāku; tu—indeed; vipreṇa—with the brāhmaṇa (Vasiṣṭha); saṁvādam—discussion; jñāpakena—with the informer; samācaran—doing accordingly; tyaktvā—giving up; kalevaram—this body; yogī—being a bhakti-yogī in the order of renunciation; saḥ—the King; tena—by such instruction; avāpa—achieved; yat—that position which; param—supreme.

Translation

Having been instructed by the great and learned brāhmaṇa Vasiṣṭha, who discoursed about the Absolute Truth, Mahārāja Ikṣvāku became renounced. By following the principles for a yogī, he certainly achieved the supreme perfection after giving up his material body.