Shri Dattatreya's Teachers - Teacher #14 : Honey-gatherer

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Namaste,

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:viii: 15, 16 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press,

Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #14. Honey-gatherer -

 

na deya.n na upabhogya.n cha lubdhaiH yat duHkha sa~nchitam.h .

bhu~Nkte tat api tat cha anyaH madhuheva arthavit madhu .. 15..

 

Riches amassed with great pains by misers are neither enjoyed by them

nor gifted away; they are enjoyed by some other person, who like the

honey-gatherer discovers the hoard [and appropriates it]. 15 .

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sukha duHkha upaarjitaiH vittaiH aashaasaanaa.n gR^iha aashishhaH .

madhuheva agrataH bhu~Nkte yatiH vai gR^ihamedhinaam.h .. 16..

 

Like the honey-gatherer, the ascetic really first enjoys the riches

of house-holders who have amassed them with great pains and with a

view to enjoying them. 16 .

 

 

Regards,

 

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