1028 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 19

TEXT 38
TEITAM aed Teadet ZA: Ta |
weed wad ar ahs gar etay IR<II

yac chrotavyam atho japyam
yat kartavyam nybhih prabho
smartavyam bhajantyam va
bruhi yadva viparyayam
yat—whatever; srotavyam—worth hearing; atho—thereof; japyam—
chanted; yat—what also; kartavyam—executed; nrbhih—by the people in
general; prabho—O master; smartavyam—that which is remembered;
bhajaniyam—worshipable; va—either; bruhi—please explain; yadva—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

a aTaM Ae Tey Teahrny |
A BEAT GTSNAAY TMAled HAA 1291

nunam bhagavato brahman
grhesu grha-medhinam

na laksyate hy avasthanam
api go-dohanam kvacit

nunan—because; bhagavatah—of you, who are powerful; brahman—O
brahmana; grhesu—in the houses; grha-medhinam—of the householders;
na—not; laksyate—are seen; hi—exactly; avasthanan—staying in; api—even;
go-dohanam— milking the cow; kvacit—rarely.

TRANSLATION

O powerful brahmana, 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 moming, and
