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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 19]
TEXT 38
यच्छ्रोतव्यमथो जप्यं यत्कर्तव्यं नृभिः प्रमो । सर्तव्यं भजनीयं वा ब्रूहि यद्वा विपर्ययम् ॥३८॥
yac chrotavyam atho japyam yat kartavyam nṛbhiḥ prabho smartavyam bhajanīyam vā brūhi yadvā viparyayam
yat —whatever;  śrotavyam —worth hearing;  atho —thereof;  japyam —chanted;  yat —what also;  kartavyam —executed;  nṛbhiḥ —by the people in general;  prabho —O master;  smartavyam —that which is remembered;  bhajanīyam —worshipable;  vā —either;  brūhi —please explain;  yadvā —what it may be;  viparyayam —against the principle.
TRANSLATION
Please let me know what a man should hear, chant, remember and worship, and also what he should not do. Please explain all this to me.
TEXT 39
नूनं भगवतो ब्रह्मन् गृहेषु गृहमेधिनाम् । न लक्ष्यते ह्यवस्थानमपि गोदोहनं क्वचित् ॥३९॥
nūnam bhagavato brahman gṛheṣu gṛha-medhinām na lakṣyate hy avasthānam api go-dohanam kvacit
nūnan —because;  bhagavataḥ —of you, who are powerful;  brahman —O  brāhmaṇa ;  gṛheṣu —in the houses;  gṛha-medhinām —of the householders;  na —not;  lakṣyate —are seen;  hi —exactly;  avasthānan —staying in;  api —even;  go-dohanam —milking the cow;  kvacit —rarely.
TRANSLATION
O powerful  brāhmaṇa , it is said that you hardly stay in the houses of men long enough to milk a cow.
PURPORT
Saints and sages in the renounced order of life go to the houses of the householders at the time they milk the cows, early in the morning, and