This page has not been fully proofread.

20
 
OF CULTURE
 
● GOVERNMENT O
 
संस्कृतिमान
 
JAYAN
 
THE STORY OF PRAHLADA
 
वयस्यैरुपहूतोऽथ महाबुध उवाच तान् ।
 
Then, when friends (in his class)
called him, the great man of wisdom,
Prahlada, told them :
 
G
 
भार
 
6
 
कौमार आचरेत्प्राज्ञो धर्मान्भागवतानिह ।
दुर्लभ मानुषं जन्म तदप्यध्रुवमर्थदम् ॥
 
St
 
"A wise man should practise here
virtues of devotion for the Lord in boy-
hood (itself), for this birth as man which
has to give us our salvation is hard to be
attained and, when attained, is imper-
manent.
 
'यथा हि पुरुषस्येह विष्णोः पादोपसर्पणम् ।
यदेष सर्वभूतानां प्रिय आत्मेश्वरः सुहृत् ॥
 
"Resorting to the feet of Lord Vishnu
is proper for man here; for He is the
beloved of all beings, the Soul, the Master
and the Friend.
 
सुखमैन्द्रियिकं दैत्या देहयोगेन देहिनाम् ।
सर्वत्र लभ्यते दैवाद्यथा दुःखमयत्नतः ।
तत्प्रयासो न कर्तव्यो यत आयुर्व्ययः परम् ॥