Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /407

RY OF CULTURE
 
GOVER
 
384
 
SRA leaf, a flower, a fruit, or some
water, IMAD BHAGAVATA
 
some ।
 
A leaf, a flower, a fruit, or
waterf one gives me any of these in
devotion, If one gives me an enjoy of these in
devotion, I enjoy that offering of devotion
that offering of devotion
from one of pure soul."
 
प्रतिवा
 
SI
 

 
इत्युक्तोऽपि द्विजस्तस्मै व्रीडितः पतये श्रियः ।

पृथुकप्रसृतिं [राजन्] न प्रायच्छदवाङ्मुखः ॥
 

Though he was told in this manner, the

Brahmin, ashamed and with a down-cast

face, did not give the handful of Prithuka

to Krishna who was the Lord of the

goddess of wealth.
 

 
सर्वभूतात्मदृक् साक्षात्तस्यागमनकारणम् ।

विज्ञायाचिन्तयन्नायं श्रीकामो मा भजत्पुरा ॥

पत्न्याः पतिव्रतायास्तु सखा प्रियचिकीर्षया ।

प्राप्तो मामस्य दास्यामि सम्पदोऽमर्त्य दुर्लभाः ॥
 

Understanding the cause of Kuchela's

visit, the Lord, who is the witness of the

souls of all beings, thought: "This

Kuchela never worshipped me in the past,

desiring wealth. It is to please his

devoted wife that my friend has come

now; I will give him riches hard to be

obtained even by the gods."