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TEXT 6
srutir mata prsta disati bhavad-aradhana-vidhim
yatha matur vani smrtir api tatha vakti bhagini
puranadya ye va sahaja-nivahas te tad-anuga
atah satyam jnatam murahara bhavan eva saranam
SYNONYMS
srutihVedic knowledge; matalike a mother who is affectionate to her children; prstawhen questioned; disatishe directs; bhavatof You; aradhanaworship; vidhimthe process; yathajust as; matuh vanithe instructions of the mother; smrtihsmrti-sastras, which explain the Vedic literatures; apialso; tathasimilarly; vaktiexpress; bhaginilike a sister; purana-adyahheaded by the Puranas; yewhich; vaor; sahaja-nivahahlike brothers; teall of them; tatof the mother; anugahfollowers; atahtherefore; satyamthe truth; jnatamknown; mura-haraO killer of the demon Mura; bhavanYour Lordship; evaonly; saranamthe shelter.
TRANSLATION
" 'When the mother Vedas [sruti] is questioned as to whom to worship, she says that You are the only Lord and worshipable object. Similarly, the corollaries of the sruti-sastras, the smrti-sastras, give the same instructions, just like sisters. The Puranas, which are like brothers, follow in the footsteps of their mother. O enemy of the demon Mura, the conclusion is that You are the only shelter. Now I have understood this in truth.'
PURPORT
This quotation from the Vedic literature was spoken by great sages.
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