Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /80

RY OF COLTURE
 
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THEpropitiated by my penance the STORY OF DHRUVA
 
भारत सरकार
 
SL
 
oul of
the universe who is hard to be propitiated by my penance the Soul of
the universe who is hard to be pleased, I,

this unfortunate self, begged of the des-
troyer of the misery of birth and death,

troyer of the misery of birth and death,
that misery itself.
 
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स्वाराज्यं यच्छतो मौढचाढ्यान्मानो मे भिक्षितो बत।

ईश्वरात्क्षीणपुण्येन फलीकारानिवाधनः ॥'
 

"Alas ! in my folly I have begged for

honour of Him who gives the sovereignty

of the self, like the pauper who begged

of the king chaff, as a result of his mis-

fortune."
 

 
अभिवन्ध पितुः पादावाशीर्भिश्चाभिमन्त्रितः ।

ननाम मातरौ शीर्ष्णा सत्कृतस्सज्जनाप्ग्रणीः ॥
 

Bowing at the feet of his father and

welcomed by him with blessings, Dhruva,

respected (by all) and foremost among

the good, bent his head in reverence to

his two mothers.
 

 
सुरुचिस्तं समुत्याथाप्य पादावनतमर्भकम् ।

परिष्वज्याह जीवेति बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥
 
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