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14
 
OF CULTURE
 
तिमो
 
● GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
मौनव्रतश्रुततपोध्ययनस्वधर्म-

व्याख्यारहोजपसमाधय आपवर्ग्याः ।

प्रायः परं पुरुष ते त्वजितेन्द्रियाणां

वार्ता भवन्त्युत न वाऽत्र तु दांभिकानाम् ॥
 
SL
 
भारत
 

"Vow of silence, learning, penance,

study of scripture, performing one's

Dharma, exposition, muttering of prayers

in solitude, concentration -these means
these means
of salvation often become mere liveli-

hood, O Supreme Being, for persons of

unconquered senses; and for those who

have these for show, they are not even a

livelihood.
 
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तत्तेऽर्हत्तम नमस्स्तुतिकर्मपूजाः

कर्म स्मृतिश्चरणयोः श्रवणं कथायाम् ।

संसेवया त्वयि विनेति षडङ्गया किं

भक्तितिं जनः परमहंसगतौ लभेत ॥'
 

"Therefore, O most worthy Being, how

can man have devotion for you, the goal

of the great men of self-realisation,

without the six-fold worship of you,-
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obeisance, prayer, offering of action,

service, thought of your feet, and listen

ing to your stories ?"