Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /122

W
 
RY OF CULTURE
 
HOM
 
GOVERNMENT OR
 
THE STORY OF JADABHARATA
 
त
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comes to be known as man; and to that

earthen form, there are, above its feet, the

ankles, the shanks, the thighs, the hip,

the chest, the neck and the shoulders.
 
सरकार
 

 
असेऽधिदार्वी शिबिका च यस्यां

सौवीरराजेत्यपदेश आस्ते ।

यस्मिन्भवान् रूढनिजाभिमानो

राजाऽस्मि सिन्धुध्ष्विति दुर्मदान्धः ।
 
6
 
SL
 

" And on the shoulder, there is the

wooden palanquin and in it there is the

name 'King of the Sauviras'; and with

the sense of mine grown strong in that

name, you imagine yourself to be the king

of the Sindhus and become blinded by

that false pride.
 

 
" शोच्यानिमांस्त्वमधिकष्टदीना-

न्विष्टट्या निगृह्णन्निर
नुग्रहोऽसि ।

जनस्य गोप्ताऽस्मि विकत्थमानो

न शोभसे वृद्धसभासु धृष्टः ॥
 

"Forcibly conscribing these pitiable

people rendered miserable by the great

toil (of carrying you), you are indeed