Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 10 Chapter 52 Verse 31

Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 52: Rukmiṇī's Message to Lord Kṛṣṇa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.52.31

santuṣṭo yarhi varteta

brāhmaṇo yena kenacit

ahīyamānaḥ svad dharmāt

sa hy asyākhila-kāma-dhuk

SYNONYMS

santuṣṭaḥ — satisfied; yarhi — when; varteta — carries on; brāhmaṇaḥ — a brāhmaṇa; yena kenacit — with whatever; ahīyamānaḥ — not falling short; svāt — of his own; dharmāt — religious duty; saḥ — those religious principles; hi — indeed; asya — for him; akhila — of everything; kāma-dhuk — the mystic cow, milked for fulfillment of any desire.

TRANSLATION

When a brāhmaṇa is satisfied with whatever comes his way and does not fall away from his religious duties, those very religious principles become his desire cow, fulfilling all his wishes.

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