Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana Book 10 Chapter 60:41-46

Book 10: Sixty Chapter (Latter Half)

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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 10: Chapter 60: Verses 41-46


The foremost of kings like Anga, Prthu (the son of Vena), Bharata (born of Jayanti, the spouse of Lord Rsabhadeva), Yayati (the son of Nahusa), Gaya and others retired to the forest renouncing their undisputed sovereignty in quest of You, 0 Lord of lotus eyes. Did they suffer because they sought Your feet here ? 0 Lord, the abode of virtues ! the fragrance of Your lotus-feet grants freedom from transmigration to the people, is the resort of Laksmi and has been extolled by men of wisdom. what mortal woman with a clear insight into the real purpose of life, who has (once) smelt it, would (dare) ignore it and seek another who is ever subject to grave fears (of senility and death etc.)? I have sought as my befitting partner You, who are the suzerain lord of the universe, (nay,) my own Self and the granter of (all) desired boons both here as well as hereafter. May Your feet, which seek him who worships You and release him from the deceptive cycle of births and deaths, prove to be an asylum to me, who have been wandering through (repeated) births. O destroyer of foes, let the king (Sisupala and others) seggested by you be the choice of that women into whose ears has not entered a lay pertaining to you and sung in the courts of Siva and Brahma.Within there homes those Kings behave towards the ladies like a donkey, an, ox, a dog, a cat and aslave. This human body the interior of which contains (nothing but) flesh, bones, blood worms, excreta, phlegm , bile and wind , is covered with skin, moustaches, nails and hair on the body and head, is a living corpse. That stupid woman alone serves such a body as a husband,who has never enjoyed the fragrance of honey in the lotus of your feet. i wish to burn with love for your feet, O lotus-eyed One, who delight in your own self and do not see anything extraordinary in me! When for the advancement of this World you cast your glance on me (as prakrti), assuming a superabundance of Rajas, that alone constitutes, as a matter of fact, (an act of) supreme grace on me.

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