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KRISHNA AVATARA
 
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'अब्जसा येन वर्तेत तदेवास्य हि दैवतम् ।
वयं गोवृत्तयो नित्यं वनशैलनिवासिनः ।
तस्माद्गवां ब्राह्मणानामद्रेश्चारभ्यतां मखः ॥'
 
RY OF CULTURE
 
INA
HOM
 
305
 
SL
 
"That indeed is one's God whereby
one would live in happiness, and we live
by our cows and are always denizens of
the forests and the mountains. Therefore
let the worship of cows, Brahmins and
the mountain be begun."
 
कालात्मना भगवता शक्रदर्प जिघांसता ।
प्रोक्तं निशम्य नन्दाद्याः साध्वगृह्णन्त तद्वचः ॥
 
Nanda and others listened to and
received well those words spoken by the
Lord, who, as the embodiment of Time,
desired to put an end to Indra's pride.
 
तथा च व्यदधुस्सर्वं यथाऽऽह मधुसूदनः ।
गोधनानि पुरास्कृव्य गिरिं चक्रुः प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
 
They did everything as Lord Hari told
them; with the flocks of cows in front
of them, they went round the mountain
(Govardhana).