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संस्कृति मंत्रा
GOVERNMENT OF
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
SL
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 ।
धि
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!