मधुकारमहासर्पौ लोकेऽस्मिन्नो गुरूत्तमौ । वैराग्यं परितोषं च प्राप्ता यच्छिक्षया वयम् ॥ ३५ ॥
madhukara-maha-sarpau loke ’smin no guruttamau vairagyam paritosam ca prapta yac-chiksaya vayam
- madhukara
- bees that go from flower to flower to collect honey
- maha-sarpau
- the big snake (the python, which does not move from one place to another)
- loke
- in the world
- asmin
- this
- nah
- our
- guru
- spiritual masters
- uttamau
- first-class
- vairagyam
- renunciation
- paritosam ca
- and satisfaction
- praptah
- obtained
- yat-siksaya
- 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.