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Y OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
'घृधृतव्रतेन 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 :