Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /380

Y OF CULTURE
 
KRISHNA AVATARA
 
SL
 
HOW
 
choose Me who, in My fear of the kings,

have taken shelter in the sea, who have

quarrelled with almost all the powers,

and have surrendered the throne? biorob
 
GOVERNMENT
 
कृति मंत्री
 

 
'निष्किञ्चना वयं शश्वत् निष्किञ्चनजनप्रियाः ।

तस्मात्प्रायेण न ह्याढ्या मां भजन्ति सुमध्यमे ॥
 

"We have always been without any

possession, and have been loved only by

those without any possession. Hence it

is, O fine-waisted lady! that rich men

do not generally resort to Me.
 

 
' ययोरात्मसमं वित्तं जन्मैश्वर्याकृतिर्भवेत् ।

तयोर्विवाहो मैत्री च नोत्तमाधमयोः कक्वचित् ॥
 

"Marriage and friendship are only

between those two whose wealth, birth,

power and appearance are equal; never

between a superior and an inferior.
 

 
' उदासीना वयं नूनं न रूस्त्र्ययपत्यार्थकामुकाः ।

आत्मलब्ध्याऽऽस्मद्देहे पूर्णा गेहयोय र्ज्योतिरक्रियाः ॥
 
how
 
'
"Not being desirous of woman,

children or material possession, we are