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SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
'घृतव्रतेन हि मया छन्दांसि गुरवोऽग्नयः ।
मानिता निर्व्यलीकेन गृहीतं चानुशासनम् ॥
 
स्कृति नेत्राचार
 
SL
 
" With austerities and without hypo-
crisy, I have worshipped the Vedas, the
preceptors, and the sacred fires and have
learnt the teaching of the Vedas and the
• preceptors.
 
'भारतव्यपदेशेन ह्याम्नायार्थश्च दर्शितः ॥
 
"Under the name of Bharata, I have
also laid bare the meaning of the Vedas.
 
'अथाऽपि बत मे दैह्यो ह्यात्मा चैवात्मना विभुः ।
असम्पन्न इवाभाति ब्रह्मवर्चस्यसत्तमः ॥
 
"Still this soul of mine in this body
though intrinsically master of itself and
foremost among
those endowed with
spiritual radiance, is unhappy."
 
तस्यैवं खिलमात्मानं मन्यमानस्य नारदः ।
अभ्यागादाश्रमं प्राह वीणापाणिः स्मयन्निव ॥
 
To the hermitage of that Vyasa, who
was thus pondering over the waste his
soul had been, Narada came, lute in hand,
and spoke, smiling a little :