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Skandapurana 2.7.21.15

Skandapurāṇa 2.7.21.15

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2.7.21.15

kathāṃ śṛṇvaṃti satataṃ jayantena samīritām ..
śucibhūtvā maunadharā vāsudevakathāratāḥ ..11..
vaiśākhadharmaniratā daṃbhālasyavivarjitāḥ ..
tāṃ sabhāṃ ca praviṣṭo'haṃ kautukācca didṛkṣayā.. 12..
soṣṇīṣeṇa mayā mūrdhnā namaskāro'pi na kṛtaḥ..
tāṃbūlaṃ ca mukhe kṛtvā kañcukaṃ ca mayā dhṛtam..13..
kathāvikṣepamacaraṃ lokavārtābhiraṃjanāt ..
sarveṣāṃ cittacāṃcalyamabhūdvai lokavārtayā ..14..
kvacidvāsaḥ prasāryāhaṃ kvacinniṃdankvaciddhasan..
evaṃ kālo mayānītaḥ kathā yāvatsamāpyate.15.

continually listened to the narrative recited by Jayanta,
having become pure and observing silence, devoted to the stories of Vāsudeva, (11)
intent on the duties of Vaiśākha, free from hypocrisy and indolence.
And I entered that assembly out of curiosity and from a desire to see. (12)
With my head covered with a turban, I did not even offer a greeting;
and having betel in my mouth, I wore a tunic. (13)
I caused distraction from the narration by amusing [them] with idle worldly talk;
there arose agitation in the minds of everyone on account of that gossip. (14)
Stretching out my garment in one place, censuring someone in another, laughing elsewhere,
in this manner time was spent by me until the story came to an end. (15)

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