Shri Dattatreya's Teachers

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Namaste,

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:vii:37, 38 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press,

Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #1. Earth -

 

bhuutaiH aakramaaNaH api dhiiraH daiva-vashaa-anugaiH .

tat vidvaan na chalet maargaat anvashiksha.n kshiteH vratam.h .. 37..

 

I imbibed from the earth her vow, namely, that remaining unperturbed

even while being oppressed by beings following the will of

Providence, a man should not deviate from his course [of

righteousness], conscious of the fact [of their being subject to the

will of Providence. 37 .

 

 

shashvat para-artha-sarvehaH para-artha ekaanta-sambhavaH .

saadhuH shiksheta bhuu-bhR^ittaH naga-shishhyaH paraatmataam.h .. 38..

 

A pious man should learn from the mountain [a modification of the

earth itself] that [like a mountain] all his movements should ever be

guided by altruism and that his very birth is solely intended for the

service of others. Similarly as a disciple of the tree [another

modification of the earth] he should learn complete submission to the

will of others. 38 .

 

 

Regards,

 

s.