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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 :
 
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भार
 
6
 

 
'
कौमार आचरेत्प्राज्ञो धर्मान्भागवतानिह ।

दुर्लभं 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 ॥