मधुकारमहासर्पौ लोकेऽस्मिन्नो गुरूत्तमौ ।
वैराग्यं परितोषं च प्राप्ता यच्छिक्षया वयम् ॥३५॥

madhukāra-mahā-sarpau
loke 'smin no gurūttamau
vairāgyaṁ paritoṣaṁ ca
prāptā yac-chikṣayā vayam

 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.


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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.

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