SB 7.13.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

मधुकारमहासर्पौ लोके ऽस्मिन्नो गुरूत्तमौ ।
वैराग्यं परितोषं च प्राप्ता यच्छिक्षया वयम् ॥ ३५ ॥

madhukara-maha-sarpau

loke 'smin no gurūttamau

vairagyam paritosam ca

prapta yac-chiksaya vayam

madhukara-bees that go from flower to flower to collect honey; maha-sarpau-the big snake (the python, which does not move from one place to another); loke-in the world; asmin-this; naḥ-our; guru-spiritual masters; uttamau-first-class; vairagyam-renunciation; paritosam ca-and satisfaction; praptaḥ-obtained; yat-siksaya-by whose instruction; vayam-we.

TRANSLATION

The bee and the python are two excellent spiritual masters who give us exemplary instructions regarding how to be satisfied by collecting only a little and how to stay in one place and not move.

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