Shri Dattatreya's Teachers - Teacher #11 : Moth

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Namaste,

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:viii: 7, 8 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press,

Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #11. Moth -

 

dR^ishhTvaa striya.n deva-maayaa.n tat bhaavaiH ajita -indriyaH .

pralobhitaH patati andhe tamasi agnau pata~Ngavat.h .. 7..

 

When the man who has no control over his senses sees the Maya of the

Lord in the shape of a woman, he is allured by her gestures and falls

into the darkness of hell just as a moth falls into fire. 7 .

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yoshhit hiraNya -aabharaNa ambaraadi\-

dravyeshhu maayaa-rachiteshhu muuDhaH .

pralobhitaatmaa hi upabhoga-buddhyaa

pata~Ngavat nashyati nashhTa-dR^ishhTiH .. 8..

 

The ignorant man allured by the gold ornaments, clothes etc. of a

woman for the sake of enjoyment of these objects, which are the

creation of the Lord's Maya, loses his discrimination and is

destroyed like a moth. 8 .

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

s.