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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.13.35

మధుకారమహాసర్పౌ లోకేఽస్మిన్నో గురూత్తమౌ । వైరాగ్యం పరితోషం చ ప్రాప్తా యచ్ఛిక్షయా వయమ్ ॥ ౩౫ ॥
madhukāra-mahā-sarpau
[madhukaara-mahaa-sarpau]
loke ’smin no gurūttamau
[loke ’smin no guroottamau]
vairāgyaṁ paritoṣaṁ ca
[vairaagyam paritosham cha]
prāptā yac-chikṣayā vayam
[praaptaa yach-chikshayaa vayam]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
madhukāra-mahā-sarpau
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 ’smin no gurūttamau
loke
in the world
asmin
this
naḥ
our
guru
spiritual masters
uttamau
first-class
vairāgyaṁ paritoṣaṁ ca
vairāgyam
renunciation
paritoṣam ca
and satisfaction
prāptā yac-chikṣayā vayam
prāptāḥ
obtained
yat-śikṣayā
by whose instruction
vayam
we.
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The bee and the python are our two excellent gurus who give us exemplary instructions regarding satisfaction and renunciation. “What guru has taught you this?” He gives this answer.
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