SB 4.8.73 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

द्वितीयं च तथा मासं षष्ठे षष्ठेऽर्भको दिने । तृणपर्णादिभि: शीर्णै: कृतान्नोऽभ्यर्चयन्विभुम् ॥ ७३ ॥

Verse text

dvitīyaṁ ca tathā māsaṁ ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṣṭhe ’rbhako dine tṛṇa-parṇādibhiḥ śīrṇaiḥ kṛtānno ’bhyarcayan vibhum

Synonyms

dvitīyam — the next month ; ca — also ; tathā — as mentioned above ; māsam — month ; ṣaṣṭhe ṣaṣṭhe — every sixth day ; arbhakaḥ — the innocent boy ; dine — on days ; tṛṇa — parṇa — ādibhiḥ — by grasses and leaves ; śīrṇaiḥ — which were dry ; kṛta — annaḥ — made for his food ; abhyarcayan — and thus continued his method of worship ; vibhum — for the Supreme Personality of Godhead .

Translation

In the second month Dhruva Mahārāja ate only every six days, and for his eatables he took dry grass and leaves. Thus he continued his worship.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

In the second month the boy ate only dry grass and leaves every six days, while worshipping the Lord.