Slokas for thought....Trinad api sunicena, Mathura style...

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Dear Mahamantra Dasa

PAMHO AGTSP

 

Oh resident of Vrindavana, thank you for the very nice quotes about the

residents of Mathura. Just as a matter of reference, which devotee

translated the texts below.

 

Hope you are well. Hare Krishna.

 

ys

 

ada

 

> From Mathura Mahatmya by Srila Rupa Gosvami

>

> Glorification of Mathur 's Br hmaSas

>

> In the sdi-var ha Pur Sa it is said:

>

> There are two br hmaSas. One lives in Mathura' and is not learned in

> the Vedas. The other does not live in Mathur , although he knows the four

> Vedas very well. One should ignore the br hmaSa learned in the four Vedas

> and should feed the br hmaSa who lives in Mathur .

>

> text 311

>

> k i-balo dur c ro

> dharma-m rga-par ä-mukhaÄ

> Éd o 'pi pªjanÉyo

> m thuro mama rªpa-dh k

>

> k i-balaÄ-a farmer; dur c raÄ-a ruffian;

> dharma-m rga-par n--mukhaÄ-one averse to the path of religion; Éd aÄ-like

> this; api-even; pªjanÉyaÄ-should be worshiped; m thuraÄ-from Mathur ;

> mama-My; rªpa-dh k-own form.

>

> Whether a farmer, a ruffian, or a sinner who turns his face from the

> path of religion, any resident of Mathura' should be worshiped. He is

> representation of My own form.

>

> text 316

> yas tatra nivased devi

> samyato hi jitendriyaÄ

> tri-k lam api bhu–j no

> v yu-bhak a-samo hi saÄ

>

> yaÄ-who; tatra-there; nivased-resides; devi-O goddess;

> samyataÄ-controlled; hi-indeed; jita-indriyaÄ-conquered the senses;

> tri-k lam'three times; api-also; bhu–j naÄ-eating; v yu-bhak a-samaÄ-equal

> to someone who eats the wind; hi-indeed; saÄ-he.

>

> O goddess, a person who lives there (in Mathur ), although he be a

> prisoner of his senses, is like one who has conquered them, and although

> he eats three times a day, is like an ascetic that only eats the wind.

>

> ys MMDASBR