Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /186

TRY OF CUexcellences* but is averse to the lotus-feet
of LTURE
 
प्रति
 
GOVERNMENT
 
Tord HE STORY OF PRAHLADA
 
excellences* but is averse to the lotus-feet
of Lord Hari; the former purifies his

(whole) family, not he of stupendous

pride.
 
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'नैवात्मनः प्रभुरयं निजलाभपूर्णो

मानं जनादविदुषः करुणो वृणीते ।

यद्यज्जनो भगवते विदधीत मानं

तच्चात्मने प्रतिमुखस्य यथा मुखश्रीः ॥
 
163
 
SL
 

"Never does this God, Lord of Himself

and full with His own gain, go pitiably

seeking honour from stupid man; what-

ever honour man does to the Lord

becomes honour for himself also, even as

the beautification of the face is beautifi-

cation for the face in the reflection.
 

 
' क्षेमाय भूतय उतात्मसुखाय चास्य

विक्रीडितं भगवतो रुचिरावतारैः '॥
 

 
*The twelve excellences are according to

Sridhara the Commentator: Wealth, Birth, Beauty,

Penance, Learning, Efficiency of faculties, Brilliance,

Prowess, Strength, Endeavour, Intelligence and

Application (given in the previous verse in the

original) Or Dharma, Truthfulness, Self-control,

Penance, Absence of malice. Shame at doing the

wrong, Fortitude, Freedom from jealousy, Sacrifice,

Munificence, Contentment, and Learning given in the

Sanatsujatiya as the twelve excellences of Brahmin')