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GOVERNMENT OF
 
TRY OF CULTURE
 
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SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
कुवेचेलोपाख्यानम्-
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THE STORY OF KUCHE
 
LA.
 
कृष्णस्यासीत्सखा कश्चिदू ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवित्तमः ।

विरक्त इन्द्रियार्थेषु प्रशान्तात्मा जितेन्द्रियः ।

दृच्छयोपपन्नेन 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 क्षुत्क्षामा 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 ।