# SB 5.8.1 ## Text > śrī-śuka uvāca > ekadā tu mahā-nadyāṁ kṛtābhiṣeka-naiyamikāvaśyako brahmākṣaram abhigṛṇāno muhūrta-trayam udakānta upaviveśa. ## Synonyms *śrī*-*śukaḥ* *uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *ekadā*—once upon a time; *tu*—but; *mahā*-*nadyām*—in the great river known as Gaṇḍakī; *kṛta*-*abhiṣeka*-*naiyamika*-*avaśyakaḥ*—having taken a bath after finishing the daily external duties such as passing stool and urine and brushing the teeth; *brahma*-*akṣaram*—the *praṇava-mantra* (*oṁ*); *abhigṛṇānaḥ*—chanting; *muhūrta*-*trayam*—for three minutes; *udaka*-*ante*—on the bank of the river; *upaviveśa*—he sat down. ## Translation **Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, one day, after finishing his morning duties—evacuating, urinating and bathing—Mahārāja Bharata sat down on the bank of the River Gaṇḍakī for a few minutes and began chanting his mantra, beginning with oṁkāra.**