Guest guest Posted January 21, 2001 Report Share Posted January 21, 2001 Namaste, Bhagavata Purana: XI:vii:52, 73, 74 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press, Gorakhpur]. Teacher #8. Pigeon - na ati/-snehaH prasa~NgaH vaa kartavyaH kva api kenachit.h . kurvan vindeta santaapa.n kapotaH iva diina/-dhiiH .. 52.. Excessive fondness or attachment should never be conceived for any person or object by anyone. The mind of a man who does so becomes unhappy and he comes to grief like the [famous] dove [of the legend]. 52 . ____________________ _______________________ Verses 53-71 tell very graphically the story of the dove and his family leading a happy life and ultimately succumbing in a fowler's trap]. ____________________ _______________________ eva.n kuTumbii ashaanta/- aatmaa dvandva/- aaraamaH patat trivat.h . pushhNan kuTumba.n kR^ipaNaH saanubandhaH avasiidati .. 73.. Maintaining his family in the afore-mentioned manner, any house- holder of unquiet mind, revelling in the pairs of opposites [such as joys and sorrows] and attached to the pleasures of sense comes to grief, like the aforesaid dove, with [all] those connected with him [viz. his wife and children]. 73 . ____________________ _______________________ yaH praapya maanushha.n loka.n mukti/-dvaaram apaavR^itam.h . gR^iheshhu khagavat saktaH tam aaruuDha/-chyuta.n viduH .. 74.. The wise recognise him as having fallen from a height on [once] climbing up to it, who, having attained a human body, which is an open door [as it were] to [the mansion of] final beatitude, remains attached, like the [aforesaid] dove, to his household. 74 . Regards, s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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