Shri Dattatreya's Teachers - #20 - Maiden

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Namaste,

 

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:ix:5-10 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press, Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #20. Maiden -

 

kvachit kumaarii tu aatmaana.n vR^iNaanaan gR^iham aagataan.h .

svaya.n taan arhayaamaasa kvaapi yaateshhu bandhushhu .. 5..

 

In a certain place, a maiden herself had to attend to the comforts

of those who came to her house to choose her for a bride when her

relations had gone away to some other place. 5 .

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teshham abhyavahaaraartha.n shaaliin rahasi paarthiva .

avaghnantyaaH prakoshhThasthaaH chakruH sha~NkhaaH svanaM mahat.h .. 6..

 

O King, while she was pounding paddy aside to provide them food,

the bangles of shells on her wrists made a loud jingling sound. 6 .

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saa tat jugupsitaM matvaa mahatii vriiDitaa tataH .

babha~nja ekaikashaH sha~Nkhaan dvau dvau paaNyoH asheshhayat.h .. 7..

 

The wise girl, feeling much ashamed of doing the humiliating task herself,

broke the bangles one by one, and retained only two each on her

wrists. 7 .

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ubhayoH api abhuut ghoshhaH hi avaghnantyaaH sma sha~NkhayoH .

tatra api eka.n nirabhidat ekasmaan na abhavat dhvaniH .. 8..

 

Even the two bangles produced sound as she pounded [the paddy],

she again broke one each [so that] the remaining one each did

not produce any sound. 8 .

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anvashiksham ima.n tasyaaH upadesham arindama .

lokaan anucharan etaan loka/-tattva/-vivitsayaa .. 9..

 

And the following lesson I learned from her, O subduer of enemies,

as I wandered in this wide world to know what was desirable and

what was to be shunned. 9 .

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vaase bahuunaa.n kalahaH bhavet vaartaa dvayoH api .

ekaH eva charet tasmaat kumaaryaaH iva ka~NkaNaH .. 10..

 

Where many dwell together quarrel would ensue; even between two

living together there is talk. Therefore one should wander alone as

the single bangle on the wrists of the maiden. 10 .

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Regards,

 

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