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Chapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person

Verse 35 of 44
SB 7.13.35

मधुकारमहासर्पौ लोके ऽस्मिन्नो गुरूत्तमौ वैराग्यं परितोषं च प्राप्ता यच्छिक्षया वयम्

madhukāra-mahā-sarpau loke 'smin no gurūttamau vairāgyaṁ paritoṣaṁ ca prāptā yac-chikṣayā vayam

Synonyms

madhukārabees that go from flower to flower to collect honey; mahā-sarpauthe big snake (the python, which does not move from one place to another); lokein the world; asminthis; naḥour; guruspiritual masters; uttamaufirst-class; vairāgyamrenunciation; paritoṣam caand satisfaction; prāptāḥobtained; yat-śikṣayāby whose instruction; vayamwe..

Translation

The bee and the python are two excellent spiritual masters who give us exemplary instructions regarding how to be satisfied by collecting only a little and how to stay in one place and not move.

Verse 35 of 44
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