# SB 9.1.31 ## Text > ṛṣayo 'pi tayor vīkṣya > prasaṅgaṁ ramamāṇayoḥ > nivṛttāḥ prayayus tasmān > nara-nārāyaṇāśramam ## Synonyms *ṛṣayaḥ*—all the great saintly persons; *api*—also; *tayoḥ*—of both of them; *vīkṣya*—seeing; *prasaṅgam*—engagement in sexual matters; *ramamāṇayoḥ*—who were enjoying in that way; *nivṛttāḥ*—desisted from going further; *prayayuḥ*—immediately departed; *tasmāt*—from that place; *nara*-*nārāyaṇa*-*āśramam*—to the *āśrama* of Nara-Nārāyaṇa. ## Translation **Seeing Lord Śiva and Pārvatī engaged in sexual affairs, all the great saintly persons immediately desisted from going further and departed for the āśrama of Nara-Nārāyaṇa.**