[INDOLOGY] Fwd: Query

[Madhav Deshpande]

Probably, he may have recited a verse like Bhagavadgītā 6-45:

*prayatnād yatamanas tu*
*yogi saṃśuddha-kilbiśaḥ*
*aneka-janma-samsiddhas*
*tato yāti parām gatim*

*Madhav Deshpande*

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Patrick Olivelle <jpo at uts.cc.utexas.edu>
wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> An anthropologist friend of mine recalls a Sanskrit verse or proverb told
> him by a Kashmiri Brahmin regarding the significance of rebirth. I could
> not place it, and wonder whether there is anything in the literature that
> strikes a bell.
>
> "A village Brahmin was holding forth to me on the virtues of rebirth,
> saying it takes a long, long time in this Kali Yuga to complete the good
> works that one can and should do. For good effect, he rounded off in
> Sanskrit, which I did not take down carefully, explaining in Kashmiri: "We
> shall have to take birth time and again, and again". Now, what must he have
> said?"
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Patrick
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-- 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA



-- 
Madhav M. Deshpande
Professor of Sanskrit and Linguistics
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
202 South Thayer Street, Suite 6111
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1608, USA


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