Hear, you, how in days of yore. I gained a sight, so difficult to get, for the sake of Shamva. Verily, in those days was the illustrious god seen by me on account of Yogaabstraction.
यदवाप्तं च मे पूर्वं साम्बहेतोः सुदुष्करम्। यथावद् भगवान् दृष्टो मया पूर्वं समाधिना॥