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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 6.9.48

किं दुरापं मयि प्रीते तथापि विबुधर्षभा: । मय्येकान्तमतिर्नान्यन्मत्तो वाञ्छति तत्त्ववित् ॥ ४८ ॥
kiṁ durāpaṁ mayi prīte
[kim duraapam mayi preete]
tathāpi vibudharṣabhāḥ
[tathaapi vibudharshabhaah]
mayy ekānta-matir nānyan
[mayy ekaanta-matir naanyan]
matto vāñchati tattva-vit
[matto vaanchati tattva-vit]
Word-for-word
kim — what durāpam — difficult to obtain mayi — when I prīte — satisfied tathāpi — still vibudha-ṛṣabhāḥ — O best of the intelligent demigods mayi — in Me ekānta — exclusively fixed matiḥ — whose attention na anyat — not anything other mattaḥ — than Me vāñchati — desires tattva-vit — one who knows the truth.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kiṁ durāpaṁ mayi prīte
kim
what
durāpam
difficult to obtain
mayi
when I
prīte
satisfied
tathāpi vibudharṣabhāḥ
tathāpi
still
vibudha-ṛṣabhāḥ
O best of the intelligent demigods
mayy ekānta-matir nānyan
mayi
in Me
ekānta
exclusively fixed
matiḥ
whose attention
na anyat
not anything other
matto vāñchati tattva-vit
mattaḥ
than Me
vāñchati
desires
tattva-vit
one who knows the truth.
O best of the intelligent demigods, although it is true that nothing is difficult for one to obtain when I am pleased with him, a pure devotee, whose mind is exclusively fixed upon Me, does not ask Me for anything but the opportunity to engage in devotional service.
Purport

When the demigods finished offering their prayers, they anxiously waited for their enemy Vṛtrāsura to be killed. This means that the demigods are not pure devotees. Although without difficulty one can get anything he desires if the Lord is pleased, the demigods aspire for material profit by pleasing the Lord. The Lord wanted the demigods to pray for unalloyed devotional service, but instead they prayed for an opportunity to kill their enemy. This is the difference between a pure devotee and a devotee on the material platform. Indirectly, the Lord regretted that the demigods did not ask for pure devotional service.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of devatās! Although nothing is difficult for one to obtain when I am pleased with him, a pure devotee, whose mind is exclusively fixed upon me, does not ask me for anything except the opportunity to engage in bhakti. How unfortunate! You praised me with that knowledge but out of foolishness you did not pray for bhakti.
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Personal Guidance
When I am pleased, nothing is difficult to obtain — yet a pure devotee asks only for the chance to serve. Highest realization quietly refuses the easy boons.
Reflection Questions
  • Am I asking the Lord for boons or for service opportunities?
  • What boon could I refuse in order to receive service instead?
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