SB 7.13.35

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Seventh Canto - Chapter 13: The Behavior of a Perfect Person

SB 7.13.34 - SB 7.13.36

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 35

madhukāra-mahā-sarpau

loke 'smin no gurūttamau

vairāgyaṁ paritoṣaṁ ca

prāptā yac-chikṣayā vayam

SYNONYMS

madhukāra—bees that go from flower to flower to collect honey; mahā-sarpau—the big snake (the python, which does not move from one place to another); loke—in the world; asmin—this; naḥ—our; guru—spiritual masters; uttamau—first-class; vairāgyam—renunciation; paritoṣam ca—and satisfaction; prāptāḥ—obtained; yat-śikṣayā—by whose instruction; vayam—we.

TRANSLATION

The bee and the python are two excellent spiritual masters who give us exemplary instructions regarding how to be satisfied by collecting only a little and how to stay in one place and not move.

SB 7.13.34 - SB 7.13.36