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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.26.1

శ్రీభగవానువాచ మల్ల‍క్షణమిమం కాయం లబ్ధ్వా మద్ధర్మ ఆస్థిత: । ఆనన్దం పరమాత్మానమాత్మస్థం సముపైతి మామ్ ॥ ౧ ॥
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
[shree-bhagavaan uvaacha]
mal-lakṣaṇam imaṁ kāyaṁ
[mal-lakshanam imam kaayam]
labdhvā mad-dharma āsthitaḥ
[labdhvaa mad-dharma aasthitah]
ānandaṁ paramātmānam
[aanandam paramaatmaanam]
ātma-sthaṁ samupaiti mām
[aatma-stham samupaiti maam]
śrī-bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Personality of Godhead said mat-lakṣaṇam — in which I can be realized imam — this kāyam — human body labdhvā — having achieved mat-dharme — in devotional service to Me āsthitaḥ — situated ānandam — who is pure ecstasy parama-ātmānam — the Supreme Soul ātma-stham — situated within the heart samapaiti — he achieves mām — Me.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
mal-lakṣaṇam imaṁ kāyaṁ
mat-lakṣaṇam
in which I can be realized
imam
this
kāyam
human body
labdhvā mad-dharma āsthitaḥ
labdhvā
having achieved
mat-dharme
in devotional service to Me
āsthitaḥ
situated
ānandaṁ paramātmānam
ānandam
who is pure ecstasy
parama-ātmānam
the Supreme Soul
ātma-stham
situated within the heart
ātma-sthaṁ samupaiti mām
samapaiti
he achieves
mām
Me.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Having achieved this human form of life, which affords one the opportunity to realize Me, and being situated in My devotional service, one can achieve Me, the reservoir of all pleasure and the Supreme Soul of all existence, residing within the heart of every living being.

Because of bad association, even those who are spiritually liberated may fall down from self-realization. Within the material world the association of women is especially dangerous, and therefore in this chapter the Aila-gītā is spoken to prevent such a falldown. One can be saved from sex attraction by association with saintly persons, who awaken one’s real spiritual intelligence. Therefore Lord Kṛṣṇa will speak to Uddhava the amazing song of Purūravā, also known as the Aila-gītā.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The Supreme Lord said: Having achieved this human form of life, which affords one the opportunity to realize me, and being situated in my devotional service, one can achieve me, a form of complete bliss, residing within the heart. In the Twenty-sixth Chapter, Kṛṣṇa informs Uddhava that association with women causes bewilderment and association with devotees causes enlightenment, by telling the story of Aila. In the last chapter, the Lord said niḥsaṅgo māṁ bhajed vidvān apramatto jitendriyaḥ: without bad association, being attentive, with controlled senses, the wise man should worship me. (SB 11.25.34) It is said that the wise man contemplating his means of success, also contemplates the obstacles to success. Thus, associaton with women is a great obstacle. In order to say that even the person liberated in this body should fear association with women, he describes in two verses the condition of the liberated soul which was already mentioned. Having attained a human body in which my svarūpa can be realized (mat lakṣaṇam), fixing oneself in bhakti (mat dharma), one attains realization of me, the form of supreme bliss, situated within as the regulator.
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