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ŚB 8.16.2

Devanagari

एकदा कश्यपस्तस्या आश्रमं भगवानगात् ।
निरुत्सवं निरानन्दं समाधेर्विरतश्चिरात् ॥ २ ॥

Text

ekadā kaśyapas tasyā
āśramaṁ bhagavān agāt
nirutsavaṁ nirānandaṁ
samādher virataś cirāt

Synonyms

ekadā — one day; kaśyapaḥ — the great sage Kaśyapa Muni; tasyāḥ — of Aditi; āśramam — to the shelter; bhagavān — greatly powerful; agāt — went; nirutsavam — without enthusiasm; nirānandam — without jubilation; samādheḥ — his trance; virataḥ — stopping; cirāt — after a long time.

Translation

After many, many days, the great powerful sage Kaśyapa Muni arose from a trance of meditation and returned home to see the āśrama of Aditi neither jubilant nor festive.