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OF CULTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
KRISHNA AVATARA
 
भारत
 
इत्थं विचिन्त्य वसनात् चीरबद्धान् द्विजन्मनः
स्वयं जहार किमिदमिनि पृथुकतण्डुलान् ॥
 
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Thinking thus, the Lord Himself
snatched from the Brahmin's garment the
Prithuka tied in a rag, asking him :
" What is this?"
 
'नन्वेतदुपनीतं मे परमप्रीणनं सखे ।
तर्पयन्त्यङ्ग मां विश्वमेते पृथुकतण्डुलाः ॥'
 
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" Friend, you have brought me this,
which pleases me most. These grains of
Prithuka will indeed satisfy me who am
of the form of the Universe."
 
इति मुष्टिं सकृज्जग्ध्वा द्वितीयां जग्धुमाददे ।
तावच्छ्रीर्जगृहे हस्तं सत्वरा परमेष्ठिनः ।
'एतावताऽलं विश्वात्मन् सर्वसम्पत्समृद्धये ॥
 
Saying this, the Lord ate one handful,
and took a second handful to eat. Ere
He ate, goddess Lakshmi (Rukmini)
caught in haste the hand of the Lord
saying : This (one handful) suffices, O
Lord who is of the form of the universe!
to fill one with all the riches."
 
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