# SB 9.2.1 ## Text > śrī-śuka uvāca > evaṁ gate 'tha sudyumne > manur vaivasvataḥ sute > putra-kāmas tapas tepe > yamunāyāṁ śataṁ samāḥ ## Synonyms *śrī*-*śukaḥ* *uvāca*—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; *evam*—thus; *gate*—had accepted the order of *vānaprastha*; *atha*—thereafter; *sudyumne*—when Sudyumna; *manuḥ* *vaivasvataḥ*—Vaivasvata Manu, known as Śrāddhadeva; *sute*—his son; *putra*-*kāmaḥ*—desiring to get sons; *tapaḥ* *tepe*—executed severe austerities; *yamunāyām*—on the bank of the Yamunā; *śatam* *samāḥ*—for one hundred years. ## Translation **Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Thereafter, when his son Sudyumna had thus gone to the forest to accept the order of vānaprastha, Vaivasvata Manu [Śrāddhadeva], being desirous of getting more sons, performed severe austerities on the bank of the Yamunā for one hundred years.**