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RY OF CULTURE
 
संस्कृति मंत्रा
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
SL
 
"Released from the noose (of death), the

Brahmin, with his fear gone, regained his
normal state and as a result of listening

normal state and as a result of listening
to the greatness of the Lord (from his

messengers), quickly became a devotee

of God.
 

 
अनुतापो महानासीत् स्मरतोऽशुभमात्मनः । ॥

'अहो मे परमं कष्टमभूविजितात्मनः ।
 

येन विप्लावितं ब्रह्म वृषल्यां जायताऽऽत्मना ।

धिङ् मां विगर्हितं सद्भिर्दुष्कृतं कुलकज्जलम् ।

हित्वा बालां सतीं योऽहं सुरापामसतीमगाम् ॥

वृद्धावनाथौ पितरौ नान्यबन्धू तपस्विनौ ।

अहो मयाऽधुना त्यक्तावकृतज्ञेन नीचवत् ॥
 

Recapitulating his sins, he repented

intensely: " Alas! What a great misery

there was for me who had no self-posses-

sion and had destroyed my Brahminic

line by begetting (children) on a low-

caste woman! Fie, upon me accursed by

the good, the sinner and blot on my

family, who abandoned a young and

faithful wife and went over to the

drunkard-harlot ! Alas ! ungratefully and

like a low person, I have now neglected

my poor parents, who are old, helpless

and have no kin besides myself!