Madhya 7.137

TEXT 137

TEXT

অঙ্গ হৈতে যেই কীড়া খসিয়া পড়য় ।
উঠাঞা সেই কীড়া রাখে সেই ঠাঞ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

aṅga haite yei kida khasiya padaya

uthana sei kida rakhe sei thana

SYNONYMS

aṅga haite-from his body; yei-which; kida-a worm; khasiya-drops; padaya-falling off; uthana-picking up; sei-that; kida-worm; rakhe-places; sei thana-in the same place.

TRANSLATION

Although suffering from leprosy, the brahmana Vasudeva was enlightened. As soon as one worm fell from his body, he would pick it up and place it back again in the same location.