Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /383

GOVERNME
 
RY OF CULTURE
 
1060
 
JA
 
● संस्कृति मं
 
भारत
 
अयं हि परमो लाभो गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् ।

यन्नमर्मैर्नीयते यामः प्रियया भीरुभामिनि ॥
 
SR'
' Timid and irascible lady ! IMAD BHAGAVATA
 
ndeed,
this is the greatest gain the house gives
to householders, namely, the spending of
the hours in pleasantries with the
beloved."
 
रुक्मिणी-
46
 
' Timid and irascible lady ! Indeed,
this is the greatest gain the house gives
to householders, namely, the spending of
the hours in pleasantries with the
beloved."
 
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SL
 

'नग्न्वेवमेतदरविन्दविलोचनाह

यद्वै भवान् भगवतोऽसदृशी विभूम्नः ।

निष्किञ्चनो ननु भवान् न यतोऽस्ति किञ्चिद्

यस्मै बलिं बलिभुजोऽपि हरन्त्यजाद्याः ।

न त्वा विदन्त्यसुतृपोऽन्तकमाढ्यतान्धाः

प्रेष्ठो भवान्बलिभुजामपि तेऽपि तुभ्यम् ॥
 

Rukmini-

"Lotus-eyed Lord! Surely what you

said is true; for I am not equal to the

Lord who is limitless vastness. Surely,

you are one who has no possession, you

beyond whom there is nothing and to

whom even those that receive offerings,