Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /410

.GOVERNMENT OF
 
KRISHNA AVATARA
 
"सूर्यानलेन्दुसङ्काशैर्विमानैरस्सर्वतो वृतम् ।

विचित्रोपवनोद्यानैः कूजद्द्विजकुलाकुलैः ।

जुष्टं स्वलङ्कृतैः पुंभिः स्त्रीभिश्च हरिणाक्षिभिः ॥
 
RY OF CULTURE
 
150
 
ATA
 
387
 
SL
 
संस्कृति मंत्रालय
 

"Where am I, a pauper and a sinner

and where is Krishna, the abode of the

Goddess of Fortune? He embraced me

with his arms because I was born a

Brahmin. The worship of His feet is the

source of all attainments. The merciful

Lord, I am sure, did not give me ample

wealth, thinking that, obtaining wealth,

this poor self of mine might get intoxi-

cated and forget Him." Thus thinking

within himself, Kuchela approached the

vicinity of his home, which was (now)

surrounded on all sides by storied

mansions bright like the sun, fire and

moon, and wonderful parks and gardens

full of bevies of warbling birds, and in-

habited by beautifully decked men and

fawn-eyed women.
 

 
'किमिदं कस्य वा स्थानं कथं तदिदमित्यभूत् ।'

एवं मीमांसमानं तं नरा नार्योऽमरप्रभाः ।

प्रत्यगृहह्वन्महाभागगं गीतवाद्येन भूयसा ॥