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When this country was being protected
by Lord
RY OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
संस्कृतिम
 
SL
 
भारत
 
When this country was being protected
by Lord R
ishabha, none coveted for
himself anything from any body in any
 

himself anything from any body in any
manner.
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 

 
स कदाचिद् भगवानृषभो ब्रह्मर्षिप्रवरसभायां

प्रजानां निशामयन्तीनामात्मजानुवाच ।
 

Lord Rishabha once addressed his
sons in the assembly of the greatest of

sons in the assembly of the greatest of
Brahmin sages and as the subjects were

listening :
 
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नायं देहो देहभाजां नृलोके

कष्टान्कामानर्हते विड्भुजां ये ।

तपो दिव्यं पुत्रका येन सत्त्वं

शुद्ध थेध्येद्यस्माद्ब्राह्मसौख्यं त्वनन्तम् ॥
 

"This body with which men have been

blessed in this world of human beings,

does not deserve the miserable pleasures

which are like those of the filth-eating

creatures. Sons ! this body deserves that

divine penance, by which one's mind

gets purified, and through which, is

obtained the permanent bliss of Self.