Yep, you're right. Thanks Willy, my typo. Citation should be BG 13.12 not 3.12
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > > > I seem to recall Shankara thinks that the > > > "redundant" suffix 'mat' is there for > > > metrical reasons only, "because" the main > > > metre of the Giitaa, anuSTup (anuSTubh) > > > has 4 times 8 syllables: > > > > > > a-naa-di-ma-tpa-raM bra-hma > > > (an-aa-di-mat-pa-raM brah-ma) > > > > emptybill : > > Shankara, 3.12... > > > Bhagavad Gita 3.12: > > 'istan bhogan hi vo deva > dasyante yajna-bhavitah > tair dattan apradayaibhyo > yo bhunkte stena eva sah' > > "In charge of the various necessities of life, > the demigods, being satisfied by the performance > of yajna [sacrifice], will supply all necessities > to you. But he who enjoys such gifts without > offering them to the demigods in return is > certainly a thief." > > 'Introduction to Bhagavad Gita' > By Sri A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada > http://tinyurl.com/2wgxpkr >
