Shloka 41
Yoga-māyā Appears as Durgā; Kaṁsa’s Repentance and the Demonic Policy of Persecuting Vaiṣṇavas
विप्रा गावश्च वेदाश्च तप: सत्यं दम: शम: । श्रद्धा दया तितिक्षा च क्रतवश्च हरेस्तनू: ॥ ४१ ॥
viprā gāvaś ca vedāś ca tapaḥ satyaṁ damaḥ śamaḥ śraddhā dayā titikṣā ca kratavaś ca hares tanūḥ
البراهمة، والأبقار، والمعرفة الفيدية، والتقشف، والصدق، والسيطرة على العقل والحواس، والإيمان، والرحمة، والتسامح، والتضحية هي أجزاء مختلفة من جسد اللورد فيشنو.
When we offer our obeisances to the Personality of Godhead, we say:
FAQs
This verse says brāhmaṇas and cows are among the very ‘bodies’ of Lord Hari, so harming or neglecting them is treated as an offense against the Lord and against dharma.
In the Kaṁsa narrative, Vasudeva emphasizes that core pillars of dharma—Vedas, austerity, truth, self-control, compassion, and yajña—are non-different from Hari, urging reverence and restraint amid Kaṁsa’s violent irreligion.
Practice satya (honesty), dayā (kindness), and titikṣā (patience) as daily devotion—seeing these virtues as service to Hari, not merely ethics.