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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 विगर्ह्यं 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 प्रार्थितं सर्वं 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