Text 4] The Payo-vrata Process of Worship 211

TEXT 3

a Gat aaacat snaagtte: |
aaa = waraaame = Fea I 3 II

sa patnim dina-vadanam
krtdsana-parigrahah

sabhajito yatha-nyayam
idam aha kuriidvaha

sah—Kagyapa Muni; patnim—unto his wife; dina-vadanadm—having
a dry face; krta-dsana-parigrahah—after accepting a sitting place;
sabhajitah—being honored by Aditi; yatha-nyayam—according to time
and place; idam dha—spoke as follows; kuru-udvaha—O Maharaja
Pariksit, the best of the Kurus.

TRANSLATION

O best of the Kurus, when Kasyapa 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
HAAG A AMM AR ARSTATTAY |
qT TA a WHA Bearoraraafsa: | 8 1

apy abhadram na vipranam
bhadre loke ‘dhunagatam

na dharmasya na lokasya
mrtyos chanddnuvartinah

api—whether; abhadram—ill fortune; na—not; vipranam—of the
brahmanas; bhadre—O most gentle Aditi; Joke—in this world;
adhuné—at the present moment; dgatam—has come; na—not;
dharmasya—of religious principles; na—not; lokasya—of the people in
general; mrtyoh—death; chanda-anuvartinah—who are followers of
the whims of death.
