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OF CULTURE
 
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We beseech you, a Brahmin of self
realisation and one fit to be a preceptor,
to become our preceptor so that, with
your power, we shall conquer our enemies
with ease."
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
मित्रान
 
विश्वरूपः-
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
' कथं विगर्ह्य नु करोम्यधीश्वराः
पौरोधसं हृष्यति येन दुर्मतिः ॥
 
Visvarupa
 
"Masters ! how shall I undertake priest-
craft, a despicable act which only a low
mind delights in?
 
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'तथाऽपि प्रार्थित सर्व प्राणैरर्यैश्च साधये ॥
 
"Still, I shall accomplish (for you), with
all my life and resources, ali that you have
requested (of me)."
 
तेभ्य एवं प्रतिश्रुत्य विश्वरूपो महातपाः ।
सुरद्विषां श्रियं गुप्तामौशनस्याऽपि विद्यया ।
आच्छिद्यादान्महेन्द्राय वैष्णव्या विद्यया विभुः ।
 
Having thus promised to the gods, the
powerful Visvarupa of great penance
snatched and gave to Indra, by (the