Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.31
मुनय: पदवीं यस्य नि:सङ्गेनोरुजन्मभि: ।
न विदुर्मृगयन्तोऽपि तीव्रयोगसमाधिना ॥ ३१ ॥
munayaḥ padavīṁ yasya
[munayah padaveem yasya]
niḥsaṅgenoru-janmabhiḥ
[nihsangenoru-janmabhih]
na vidur mṛgayanto ’pi
[na vidur mrigayanto ’pi]
tīvra-yoga-samādhinā
[teevra-yoga-samaadhinaa]
Word-for-word
munayaḥ
—
great sages
padavīm
—
path
yasya
—
whose
niḥsaṅgena
—
by detachment
uru-janmabhiḥ
—
after many births
na
—
never
viduḥ
—
understood
mṛgayantaḥ
—
searching for
api
—
certainly
tīvra-yoga
—
severe austerities
samādhinā
—
by trance.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
munayaḥ padavīṁ yasya
munayaḥ
great sages
padavīm
path
yasya
whose
niḥsaṅgenoru-janmabhiḥ
niḥsaṅgena
by detachment
na vidur mṛgayanto ’pi
uru-janmabhiḥ
after many births
tīvra-yoga-samādhinā
na
never
viduḥ
understood
mṛgayantaḥ
searching for
api
certainly
tīvra-yoga
severe austerities
samādhinā
by trance.
Nārada Muni continued: After trying this process for many, many births and remaining unattached to material contamination, placing themselves continually in trance and executing many types of austerities, many mystic yogīs were unable to find the end of the path of God realization.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Sages searching for may births with detachment, by samādhi and severe yoga did not understand the path to the Lord.
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Personal Guidance
Many yogīs over many births haven't reached the end of God-realization. The path is real, but it's long; this is told not to dispirit but to set sober expectations.
Reflection Questions
- Am I impatient with my own progress in a way that may indicate I underestimated the depth of the path?
- Where can I trade the desire for quick results for steady multi-life-grade commitment?
My note
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