Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.4.43
श्रीभगवानुवाच
प्राचेतस महाभाग संसिद्धस्तपसा भवान् ।
यच्छ्रद्धया मत्परया मयि भावं परं गत: ॥ ४३ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
prācetasa mahā-bhāga
[praachetasa mahaa-bhaaga]
saṁsiddhas tapasā bhavān
[samsiddhas tapasaa bhavaan]
yac chraddhayā mat-parayā
[yach chraddhayaa mat-parayaa]
mayi bhāvaṁ paraṁ gataḥ
[mayi bhaavam param gatah]
Word-for-word
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
—
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
prācetasa
—
O My dear Prācetasa
mahā-bhāga
—
O you who are so fortunate
saṁsiddhaḥ
—
perfected
tapasā
—
by your austerities
bhavān
—
your good self
yat
—
because
śraddhayā
—
by great faith
mat-parayā
—
whose object is Me
mayi
—
in Me
bhāvam
—
ecstasy
param
—
supreme
gataḥ
—
attained.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
prācetasa mahā-bhāga
prācetasa
O My dear Prācetasa
mahā-bhāga
O you who are so fortunate
saṁsiddhas tapasā bhavān
saṁsiddhaḥ
perfected
tapasā
by your austerities
bhavān
your good self
yac chraddhayā mat-parayā
yat
because
śraddhayā
by great faith
mat-parayā
whose object is Me
mayi bhāvaṁ paraṁ gataḥ
mayi
in Me
bhāvam
ecstasy
param
supreme
gataḥ
attained.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: O most fortunate Prācetasa, because of your great faith in Me, you have attained the supreme devotional ecstasy. Indeed, because of your austerities, combined with exalted devotion, your life is now successful. You have achieved complete perfection.
Purport
As the Lord Himself confirms in Bhagavad-gītā (8.15) , one reaches the highest perfection when he attains the fortune of realizing the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
mām upetya punar janma duḥkhālayam aśāśvatam nāpnuvanti mahātmānaḥ saṁsiddhiṁ paramāṁ gatāḥ
“After attaining Me, the great souls, who are yogīs in devotion, never return to this temporary world, which is full of miseries, because they have attained the highest perfection.” Therefore the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement teaches one to follow the path toward the topmost perfection simply by performing devotional service.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
The Lord said: O fortunate son of the Pracetas! You have become perfect by austerities because you have attained the highest conception of me through faith directed to me.
Param bhāvam means the best conception with the thought, “That is Paramātmā.”
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Personal Guidance
The Lord tells Dakṣa his great faith and austerities have made his life successful. The combination of tapasya and devotion, sustained over time, produces an authentic 'success' worth the name.
Reflection Questions
- What is my working definition of a successful life?
- How does that definition compare to the one Kṛṣṇa offers Dakṣa?
My note
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