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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.15.48

నాత్యన్తికం విగణయన్త్యపి తే ప్రసాదం కిమ్వన్యదర్పితభయం భ్రువ ఉన్నయైస్తే । యేఽఙ్గ త్వదఙ్‌ఘ్రి శరణా భవత: కథాయా: కీర్తన్యతీర్థయశస: కుశలా రసజ్ఞా: ॥ ౪౮ ॥
nātyantikaṁ vigaṇayanty api te prasādaṁ
[naatyantikam viganayanty api te prasaadam]
kimv anyad arpita-bhayaṁ bhruva unnayais te
[kimv anyad arpita-bhayam bhruva unnayais te]
ye ’ṅga tvad-aṅghri-śaraṇā bhavataḥ kathāyāḥ
[ye ’nga tvad-anghri-sharanaa bhavatah kathaayaah]
kīrtanya-tīrtha-yaśasaḥ kuśalā rasa-jṣāḥ
[keertanya-teertha-yashasah kushalaa rasa-jshaah]
na — not ātyantikam — liberation vigaṇayanti — care for api — even te — those prasādam — benedictions kim u — what to speak anyat — other material happinesses arpita — given bhayam — fearfulness bhruvaḥ — of the eyebrows unnayaiḥ — by the raising te — Your ye — those devotees aṅga — O Supreme Personality of Godhead tvat — Your aṅghri — lotus feet śaraṇāḥ — who have taken shelter bhavataḥ — Your kathāyāḥ — narrations kīrtanya — worth chanting tīrtha — pure yaśasaḥ — glories kuśalāḥ — very expert rasa-jṣāḥ — knowers of the mellows or humors.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nātyantikaṁ vigaṇayanty api te prasādaṁ
na
not
ātyantikam
liberation
vigaṇayanti
care for
api
even
te
those
prasādam
benedictions
kimv anyad arpita-bhayaṁ bhruva unnayais te
kim u
what to speak
anyat
other material happinesses
arpita
given
bhayam
fearfulness
bhruvaḥ
of the eyebrows
unnayaiḥ
by the raising
te
Your
ye ’ṅga tvad-aṅghri-śaraṇā bhavataḥ kathāyāḥ
ye
those devotees
aṅga
O Supreme Personality of Godhead
tvat
Your
aṅghri
lotus feet
kīrtanya-tīrtha-yaśasaḥ kuśalā rasa-jṣāḥ
śaraṇāḥ
who have taken shelter
bhavataḥ
Your
kathāyāḥ
narrations
kīrtanya
worth chanting
tīrtha
pure
yaśasaḥ
glories
kuśalāḥ
very expert
rasa-jṣāḥ
knowers of the mellows or humors.
Persons who are very expert and most intelligent in understanding things as they are engage in hearing narrations of the auspicious activities and pastimes of the Lord, which are worth chanting and worth hearing. Such persons do not care even for the highest material benediction, namely liberation, to say nothing of other less important benedictions like the material happiness of the heavenly kingdom.

The transcendental bliss enjoyed by the devotees of the Lord is completely different from the material happiness enjoyed by less intelligent persons. The less intelligent persons in the material world are engaged by the four principles of benediction called dharma, artha, kāma and mokṣa. Generally they prefer to take to religious life to achieve some material benediction, the purpose of which is to satisfy the senses. When, by that process, they become confused or frustrated in fulfilling the maximum amount of sense enjoyment, they try to become one with the Supreme, which is, according to their conception, mukti, or liberation. There are five kinds of liberation, the least important of which is called sāyujya, to become one with the Supreme. Devotees don’t care for such liberation because they are actually intelligent. Nor are they inclined to accept any of the other four kinds of liberation, namely to live on the same planet as the Lord, to live with Him side by side as an associate, to have the same opulence, or to attain the same bodily features. They are concerned only with glorifying the Supreme Lord and His auspicious activities. Pure devotional service is śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam. Pure devotees, who take transcendental pleasure in hearing and chanting the glories of the Lord, do not care for any kind of liberation; even if they are offered the five liberations, they refuse to accept them, as stated in the Bhāgavatam in the Third Canto. Materialistic persons aspire for the sense enjoyment of heavenly pleasure in the heavenly kingdom, but devotees reject such material pleasure at once. The devotee does not even care for the post of Indra. A devotee knows that any pleasurable material position is subject to be annihilated at a certain point. Even if one reaches the post of Indra, Candra, or any other demigod, he must be dissolved at a certain stage. A devotee is never interested in such temporary pleasure. From Vedic scriptures it is understood that sometimes even Brahmā and Indra fall down, but a devotee in the transcendental abode of the Lord never falls. This transcendental stage of life, in which one feels transcendental pleasure in hearing the Lord’s pastimes, is also recommended by Lord Caitanya. When Lord Caitanya was talking with Rāmānanda Rāya, there were varieties of suggestions offered by Rāmānanda regarding spiritual realization, but Lord Caitanya rejected all but one — that one should hear the glories of the Lord in association with pure devotees. That is acceptable for everyone, especially in this age. One should engage himself in hearing from pure devotees about the activities of the Lord. That is considered the supreme benediction for mankind.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Persons who have realized you do not regard attainment of impersonal liberation as your mercy, what to speak of attaining a material position like Indra which is subject to fear caused by the Lord raising his eyebrow. O Lord! Those devotees, surrendered to your lotus feet, are expert knowers of rasa derived from narrations about your fame, which should be chanted and which purify everyone like a tīrtha. What to speak of the bliss in meeting you directly, the bliss experienced in glorifying you pastimes is much greater than the bliss of Brahman. Persons who realize you do not give regard to liberation in the form of merging in the Brahman (ātyantikam) as an act of your mercy, what to speak of respecting the post of Indra (anyat), in which there is fear caused by the Lord raising his eyebrow. Who are the devotees? They are expert knowers of rasa revealed in narrations of your pastimes. Others are not expert. Those narrations contain your qualities and pastimes worthy of glorifying and which purify like holy places. Or the meaning can be “they are knowers of rasa in narrations about you whose glories are worthy chanting and are purifying.”
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