Text 15]
Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsa
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pariśrāntendriyātmāhaṁ tṛṭparīto bubhukṣitaḥ snātvā pītvā hrade nadyā upaspṛṣṭo gata-śramaḥ
pariśrānta—being tired; indriya—bodily; ātmā—mentally; aham—I; tṛṭparītaḥ—being thirsty; bubhukṣitaḥ—and hungry; snātvā—taking a bath; pītvā—and drinking water also; hrade—in the lake; nadyāḥ—of a river; upaspṛṣṭaḥ—being in contact with; gata—got relief from; śramaḥ—tiredness.
TRANSLATION
Thus travelling, I felt tired, both bodily and mentally, and I was both thirsty and hungry. So I took a bath in a river lake and also drank water. By contacting water, I got relief from my exhaustion.
PURPORT
A travelling mendicant can meet the needs of body, namely thirst and hunger, by the gifts of nature without being a beggar at the doors of the householders. The mendicant therefore does not go to the house of a householder to beg but to enlighten him spiritually.
TEXT 15
तस्मिच्चिर्पनुजेऽरण्ये पिप्पलोपस्य आश्रितः । आत्मनाऽऽत्मानमात्मस्थं यथाश्रुतमचिन्तयम् ॥१५॥
tasmin nirmanuje'raṇye pippalopastha āśritaḥ ātmanātmānam ātmasthaṁ yathāśrutam acintayam
tasmin—in that; nirmanuje—without human habitation; araṇye—in the forest; pippala—banyan tree; upastha—sitting under it; āśritaḥ—taking shelter of; ātmanā—by intelligence; ātmānam—the Supersoul; ātmastham—situated within myself; yathāśrutam—as I heard it from the liberated souls; acintayam—thought over.