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RY OF CULTURE
 
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THE STORY OF VRITA ASURA
 
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Alas! you eminent gods! a great
wrong has been committed by you, you
who in your power did not honour the
Brahmin (Brihaspati), a person of self-
realisation and self-control.
 
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GOVERNMENT.
 
कृति मंत्रालय
 
तद्विश्वरूपं भजताशु विप्रं
तपस्विनं त्वाष्ट्रमथात्मवन्तम् ।
सभाजितोऽर्थान्स विधास्यते वो
60 यदि क्षमिष्यध्वमुतास्य कर्म ॥'
 
6
 
"Therefore, quick, seek the Brahmin
Visvarupa, a man of penance and self-
possession, the son of Tvashta. Honoured
(by you), he will do for you the things
(you want), if only you tolerate his action
(his partiality for the demons). "
 
स एवमुदितास्त्वाष्ट्रमुपव्रज्येदमब्रुवन् ॥
 
So told, the gods approached Visvarupa,
the son of Tvashta, and said this:
 
'वृणीमहे त्वोपाध्यायं ब्रह्मिष्ठं ब्राह्मणं गुरुम् ।
यथाऽब्जसा विजेष्यामस्सपत्नांस्तव तेजसा ।'