Shri Dattatreya's Teachers - Teacher #22 : Snake

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Namaste,

 

Bhagavata Purana: XI:ix:14 [tr. C.L.Goswamy; Gita Press, Gorakhpur].

 

Teacher #22. Snake -

 

eka-chaarya-niketaH syaat apramattaH guhaashayaH .

alakshyamaaNaH aachaaraiH muniH ekaH alpa-bhaashhaNaH .. 14..

 

Again, an ascetic should wander alone, having no fixed abode;

and ever vigilant and living in a cave, unrecognised by obvious

marks,

he should be without any support and sparing of speech. 14 .

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gR^iha-aarambhaH atiduHkhaaya viphalaH cha adhruvaatmanaH .

sarpaH parakR^ita.n veshma pravishya sukham edhate .. 15..

 

For man with his perishable body to build ahouse is useless and

fraught with great misery. The serpent happily inhabits the hole

burrowed by others. 15 .

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Regards,

 

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