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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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