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Brahma-Purana 137.16

BrP 137.16

अहम् एव ततः श्रेष्ठा दरिद्रे शृणु मे वचः ॥* ब्र्प् १३७।१४ ॥ ब्रह्मोवाच: तल् लक्ष्मीवचनं श्रुत्वा दरिद्रा वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥* ब्र्प् १३७।१५ ॥ दरिद्रोवाच: वक्तुं न लक्ष्मीर् ज्येष्ठाहम् इति वै लज्जसे मुहुः । पापेषु रमसे नित्यं विहाय पुरुषोत्तमम्

aham eva tataḥ śreṣṭhā daridre śṛṇu me vacaḥ //* BrP 137.14 // brahmovāca: tal lakṣmīvacanaṃ śrutvā daridrā vākyam abravīt //* BrP 137.15 // daridrovāca: vaktuṃ na lakṣmīr jyeṣṭhāham iti vai lajjase muhuḥ / pāpeṣu ramase nityaṃ vihāya puruṣottamam

Devanagari rendered by HREEM from the edition's roman (IAST) text; the IAST is the edition's own.

Sanskrit only: no published translation is held for this verse.

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Cite as: Brahma-Purana 137.16, in HREEM (hreem.cc/library/BrP/137.16), after GRETIL, Brahma-Purana, Adhyayas 1 - 246 Input by Peter Schreiner and Renate Soehnen-Thieme for the Tuebingen….

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