SB 9.5.15 — FolioCorpus

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.5.15

दुष्कर: को नु साधूनां दुस्त्यजो वा महात्मनाम् । यै: संगृहीतो भगवान् सात्वतामृषभो हरि: ॥ १५ ॥

duṣkaraḥ ko nu sādhūnāṁ

[dushkarah ko nu saadhoonaam]

dustyajo vā mahātmanām

[dustyajo vaa mahaatmanaam]

yaiḥ saṅgṛhīto bhagavān

[yaih sangriheeto bhagavaan]

sātvatām ṛṣabho hariḥ

[saatvataam rishabho harih]

Word-for-word

duṣkaraḥ — difficult to do kaḥ — what nu — indeed sādhūnām — of the devotees dustyajaḥ — impossible to give up vā — either mahā-ātmanām — of the great persons yaiḥ — by which persons saṅgṛhītaḥ — achieved (by devotional service) bhagavān — the Supreme Personality of Godhead sātvatām — of the pure devotees ṛṣabhaḥ — the leader hariḥ — the Lord.

Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)

duṣkaraḥ ko nu sādhūnāṁ

duṣkaraḥ

difficult to do

kaḥ

what

indeed

sādhūnām

of the devotees

dustyajo vā mahātmanām

dustyajaḥ

impossible to give up

vā

either

mahā-ātmanām

of the great persons

yaiḥ saṅgṛhīto bhagavān

yaiḥ

by which persons

saṅgṛhītaḥ

achieved (by devotional service)

bhagavān

the Supreme Personality of Godhead

sātvatām ṛṣabho hariḥ

sātvatām

of the pure devotees

ṛṣabhaḥ

the leader

hariḥ

the Lord.

For those who have achieved the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the pure devotees, what is impossible to do, and what is impossible to give up?

Gauḍīya Ācāryas

Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya

Translation

What is impossible to do, and what is impossible to give up, for devotees who have achieved the Supreme Lord, the master of the pure devotees? What mercy is impossible for them to give, and what offense is impossible for them to overlook? Just as others take wealth, they take the Lord. But the Lord, after being taken, steals their hearts.

Personal Guidance

Those who have truly attained the Lord can do the seemingly impossible — including giving up the things ordinary spiritual life clings to. Attainment of Kṛṣṇa rearranges what is hard and easy.

Reflection Questions

What do I currently regard as 'impossible to give up' that might soften if I deepened my relationship with the Lord?
Where am I treating my present limits as fixed, instead of as symptoms of how much I have yet to taste of bhakti?

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