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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.23

सत्सेवयादीर्घयापि जाता मयि द‍ृढा मति: । हित्वावद्यमिमं लोकं गन्ता मज्जनतामसि ॥ २३ ॥
sat-sevayādīrghayāpi
[sat-sevayaadeerghayaapi]
jātā mayi dṛḍhā matiḥ
[jaataa mayi dridhaa matih]
hitvāvadyam imaṁ lokaṁ
[hitvaavadyam imam lokam]
gantā maj-janatām asi
[gantaa maj-janataam asi]
Word-for-word
sat-sevayā — by service of the Absolute Truth adīrghayā — for some days api — even jātā — having attained mayi — unto Me dṛḍhā — firm matiḥ — intelligence hitvā — having given up avadyam — deplorable imam — this lokam — material worlds gantā — going to mat-janatām — My associates asi — become.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
sat-sevayādīrghayāpi
sat-sevayā
by service of the Absolute Truth
adīrghayā
for some days
api
even
jātā mayi dṛḍhā matiḥ
jātā
having attained
mayi
unto Me
dṛḍhā
firm
matiḥ
intelligence
hitvāvadyam imaṁ lokaṁ
hitvā
having given up
avadyam
deplorable
imam
this
lokam
material worlds
gantā maj-janatām asi
gantā
going to
mat-janatām
My associates
asi
become.
By service of the Absolute Truth, even for a few days, a devotee attains firm and fixed intelligence in Me. Consequently he goes on to become My associate in the transcendental world after giving up the present deplorable material worlds.
Purport

Serving the Absolute Truth means rendering service unto the Absolute Personality of Godhead under the direction of the bona fide spiritual master, who is a transparent medium between the Lord and the neophyte devotee. The neophyte devotee has no ability to approach the Absolute Personality of Godhead by the strength of his present imperfect material senses, and therefore under the direction of the spiritual master he is trained in transcendental service of the Lord. And by such training, even for some days, the neophyte devotee gets intelligence in such transcendental service, which leads him ultimately to get free from perpetual inhabitation in the material worlds and to be promoted to the transcendental world to become one of the liberated associates of the Lord in the kingdom of God.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
By serving the devotees for even a short time, your intelligence became firmly fixed in me. When you give up this body of low birth, you will become my associate.
Commentary

By serving the devotees for even a short time (adīrghayā) you developed strong intelligence in me. Giving up the low body (avadyam lokam), you will become my associate (maj-janatām).

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Personal Guidance
Even a few days of sincere devotional service produce fixed, unwavering intelligence centered in the Lord. Stability of purpose grows surprisingly fast when the orientation is right. Quality, not quantity, of practice matters.
Reflection Questions
  • What 'few days' of focused practice could shift my orientation now?
  • Where am I postponing because I think devotion requires years before it works?
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