Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /95

OF CUStrewing the whole of this earth with
blades of grass thrown eastward, you
pride yourself with this huge slaughter
of living beings and imagining that you
have done the right thing, You know not
that which is the greater Karma. That
is Karma which pleases LTURE
 
GOVERNMENT
 
AL
 
SRIMAD Bord HAGAVATA
 
Strewing the whole of this earth wi
blades of grass thrown eastward, you
pride yourself with this huge slaughter
of living beings and imagining that you
have done the right thing, Youari; that
is know not
thatledge which is the greater Karmamakes one think of
Him. That
is Karma which pleases Lord Hari; that
is knowledge which makes one think of
Him.
 

 
'हरिर्देहभृतामात्मा स्वयं प्रकृतिरीश्वरः ।

तत्पादमूलं शरणं यतः क्षेमो नृणामिह ॥
 
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" Hari is the soul of all beings.

Himself the source (of all) and Master,

His feet are the refuge wherefrom welfare

(flows) for men in this world.
 

 
'स वै प्रियतमश्चात्मा यतो न भयमण्वपि ।

इति वेद स वै विद्वान् यो विद्वान्स गुरुर्हरिः ॥
 

" 'Being the soul, He is the most

beloved (for us); from Him there is not

even an atom of fear'. He who knows

this, is the man of wisdom; the man of

wisdom is the great man; he is verily,

Lord Hari."
 

 
भागवतमुख्यो भगवान्नारदो हंसयोर्गतिम् ।

प्रदर्श्य ह्यमुमामन्त्र्य सिद्धलोकं ततोऽगमत् ॥