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to consolidate what he has learned. He avoids monopolizing the guru.
He is a worthy.
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12. Cow-There is an incident related to cow. It explains the qualities of a listener.
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A merchant donated a mature cow to four Brahmans who were to share the milk it produced. The Brahmans decided that by turn each one of them will milk the cow one day. All the four Brahmans were utterly selfish. Each one of them thought that he should only milk the cow; the other three must certainly be feeding it. This way all of them continued to milk the cow. In absence of feed, the cow died of starvation after a few days. The Brahmans did not feel sorry as it was a cow they got in donation. They were also not worried about any criticism. In the same way, a listener who neither arranges for food for the guru nor serves the guru in any other way and only tries to extract scriptural knowledge is unworthy.
13. Trumpet-This too is an incident given as an example-Once while praising Vasudev Shrikrishna, Saudharmendra, in his assembly of gods, mentioned two of his qualities-appreciation of virtues and maintaining his prestige. A god from the assembly descended to earth for the purpose of testing Shrikrishna. He transformed himself into a sick and scrawny dog and lied down on the path on which Shrikrishna was to pass. After some time, on his way to behold Bhagavan Arishtanemi, Shrikrishna arrived near that spot. The obnoxious stink emanating from the sick dog entered his nostrils. The stink was so acute that some of the guards accompanying Shrikrishna changed their path and the others covered their nostrils with their handkerchiefs. But Shrikrishna knew the nature of the earthly body and the changes it underwent; without even a trace of aversion he passed from near the sick dog and commented-"See there, how beautiful are the clean and brilliantly white teeth in the background of the black body of the dog. As if a pearl necklace is lying in a vessel made of black stone." This comment revealed before the god Shrikrishna's acute sense of appreciation of virtues. He was filled with a feeling of respect for Shrikrishna.
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The god disappeared from there and reached Shrikrishna's stable. He eloped with one of the best horses. The guards followed him but in
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