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SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
कुवेलोपाख्यानम्-
-THE STORY OF KUCHE
 
कृष्णस्यासीत्सखा कश्चिदू ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तमः ।
विरक्त इन्द्रियार्थेषु प्रशान्तात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ।
यहच्छयोपपन्नेन वर्तमानो गृहाश्रमी ॥
 
There was a friend of Krishna, a
Brahmin, foremost of those who have
realised the Brahman, unattracted to
objects of pleasure, of tranquil mind and
subdued senses, a householder who was
living by what came unsought.
 
तस्य भार्या कुचेलस्य क्षुरक्षामा च तथाविधा।
पतिव्रता पतिं प्राह म्लायता वदनेन सा ॥
 
The devoted wife of that Kuchela, who
was emaciated with hunger, but was of
the same nature (as her husband), told
 
her husband with a withered face:
 
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'ननु ब्रह्मन् भगवतः सखा साक्षाच्छ्रियः पतिः ।
तमुपैहि महाभाग साधूनां च परायणम् ।
दास्यति द्रविणं भूरि सीदते ते कुटुम्बिने ।