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The Payo-vrata Process of Worship
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TEXT 3
स पत्नीं दीनवदनां कृतासनपरिग्रहः । सभाजितो यथान्यायमिदमाह कुरुद्वह ॥ ३ ॥
sa patnīm dīna-vadanām kṛtāsana-parigrahaḥ sabhājito yathā-nyāyam idam āha kurūdvaha
saḥ—Kaśyapa Muni; patnīm—unto his wife; dīna-vadanām—having a dry face; kṛta-āsana-parigrahaḥ—after accepting a sitting place; sabhājitaḥ—being honored by Aditi; yathā-nyāyam—according to time and place; idam āha—spoke as follows; kuru-udvaha—O Mahārāja Parikṣit, the best of the Kurus.
TRANSLATION
O best of the Kurus, when Kaśyapa Muni had been properly received and welcomed, he took his seat and then spoke as follows to his wife, Aditi, who was very morose.
TEXT 4
अप्यभद्रं न विप्राणां भद्रे लोकेऽधुनागतम् । न धर्मस्य न लोकस्य मृत्योर्ज्यन्दानुवर्तिनः ॥ ४ ॥
apy abhadram na viprāṇām bhadre loke 'dhunāgatam na dharmasya na lokasya mṛtyoś chandānuvartinaḥ
api—whether; abhadram—ill fortune; na—not; viprāṇām—of the brāhmaṇas; bhadre—O most gentle Aditi; loke—in this world; adhunā—at the present moment; āgatam—has come; na—not; dharmasya—of religious principles; na—not; lokasya—of the people in general; mṛtyoḥ—death; chanda-anuvartinaḥ—who are followers of the whims of death.