128 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 13
no cec chaye bahv-ahani
mahéhir iva sattvavin
anihah—with no desire to possess more; paritusta—very satisfied;
atma—self; yadrccha—in its own way, without endeavor; upanatat—
by things brought in by possession; aham—I; no—not; cet—if so;
saye—I lie down; bahu—many; ahadni—days; mahd-ahih—a python;
iva—like; sattva-vdn —enduring.
TRANSLATION
I do not endeavor to get anything, but am satisfied with whatever
is achieved in its own way. If I do not get anything, I am patient
and unagitated like a python and lie down in this way for many
days.
PURPORT
One should learn detachment from the bumblebees, for they collect
drops of honey here and there and keep it in their honeycomb, but then
someone comes and by force takes all the honey away, leaving the
bumblebees with nothing. Therefore one should learn from the
bumblebee not to keep more money than one needs. Similarly, one
should learn from the python to stay in one place for many, many days
without food and then eat only if something comes in its own way. Thus
the learned brdhmana gave instructions gained from two creatures,
namely the bumblebee and the python.
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kvacid alpam kvacid bhiiri
bhunje ’nnam svddv asvddu va
kvacid bhiri gunopetam
guna-hinam uta kvacit
