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Note:
This verse contains Upanişadic thought. It occurs with slight variations in the Svetāśvatara Upanişat (3.19), Nāradaparivräjaka Upanişat (9.14) and Bhavasantarana Upanişat (2.45 ). Also cf. Kaivalya Upanişat 21, Sändilya Upanişat 2.1.2 and Subäla Upanişat 3.2 for similar wording and thought.
Verse
6:
Verse
7:
P. 24, 11. 15-18 : “There are more than sixty thousand crows in Bennātaţa; if (you find less, (others) have gone for eating and collecting grains (and) if more, guests have arrived to see their relatives ) !”. Note: This verse occurs with slight variations in Malaya.
giri's Vritis (12th Cent.) on Nandisūtra and Ava syukaSūtra ( on pp. 152 and 520 respy. of the Agamodaya
Samiti editions ). P. 24, 11. 20 & 22 : “Why is the ocean devoid of roaring in the monsoon ?' • Possibly out of fear of a break in the sleep of the Lord of the World ( who is ) asleep concealed (in it)!'” Note: This verse occurs in Rajasekhara's Prabandhakosa
(p. 121 ) with slight variations. There the first half is spoken by Vastupala and the second half by poet Someśvara who is stated to have been rewarded with sixty horses for this samasya-pürti.
Verse 8: P. 25, 11. 17-20 : .
“Don't be so eager; (for) no task is accomplished by haste! It is
a gloomy day on the earth; there is a scope for erring today!” Verse 9: P. 26, 11. 4-7 :
“(He) weeps at night, (as) there is no (affectionate relative ). She is helpless in absence of the sun. Every-body consoles her, (but) on looking at the face of others ) she produces the milimi milimi' sound." Note: This is a literal tentative translation. The subject of the
first sentence is . He'as per context. If the term via is taken to be in the Nom. as the subject, the translation
would be 'The night weeps....'! Verse 10: P. 29, 11. 6-9 ::
“ Has He, who created (mother's ) milk for my maintenance even
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