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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.24.7

తత్రాపి హంసం పురుషం పరమాత్మానమాత్మద‍ృక్ । యజంస్తల్లోకతామాప కుశలేన సమాధినా ॥ ౭ ॥
tatrāpi haṁsaṁ puruṣaṁ
[tatraapi hamsam purusham]
paramātmānam ātma-dṛk
[paramaatmaanam aatma-drik]
yajaṁs tal-lokatām āpa
[yajams tal-lokataam aapa]
kuśalena samādhinā
[kushalena samaadhinaa]
Word-for-word
tatra api — despite his engagement haṁsam — one who kills the distress of his kinsmen puruṣam — unto the Supreme Person parama-ātmānam — the most beloved Supersoul ātma-dṛk — one who has seen or acquired self-realization yajan — by worshiping tat-lokatām — achieved the same planet āpa — achieved kuśalena — very easily samādhinā — always keeping himself in ecstasy.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatrāpi haṁsaṁ puruṣaṁ
tatra api
despite his engagement
haṁsam
one who kills the distress of his kinsmen
puruṣam
unto the Supreme Person
paramātmānam ātma-dṛk
parama-ātmānam
the most beloved Supersoul
ātma-dṛk
one who has seen or acquired self-realization
yajaṁs tal-lokatām āpa
yajan
by worshiping
tat-lokatām
achieved the same planet
āpa
achieved
kuśalena samādhinā
kuśalena
very easily
samādhinā
always keeping himself in ecstasy.
Although Mahārāja Antardhāna was engaged in performing sacrifices, because he was a self-realized soul he very intelligently rendered devotional service to the Lord, who eradicates all the fears of His devotees. By thus worshiping the Supreme Lord, Mahārāja Antardhāna, rapt in ecstasy, attained His planet very easily.
Purport

Since sacrifices are generally performed by fruitive actors, it is especially mentioned here ( tatrāpi ) that although Mahārāja Antardhāna was externally engaged in performing sacrifices, his real business was rendering devotional service by hearing and chanting. In other words, he was performing the usual sacrifices by the method of saṅkīrtana-yajṣa, as recommended herein:

śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam

( Bhāg. 7.5.23)

Devotional service is called kīrtana-yajṣa, and by practicing the saṅkīrtana-yajṣa, one is very easily elevated to the planet where the Supreme Lord resides. Out of the five kinds of liberations, achieving the same planet where the Lord resides and living with the Lord there is called sālokya liberation.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Though engaged in sacrifice, because he saw ātmā, he worshipped the Supreme Lord, Paramātmā, in the form called Haṁsa, and thus easily attained the planet of the Lord by concentration. Though engaged in a long sacrifice, in karma-yoga, he worshipped Haṁsāvatāra and attained his planet. Literally it means “He attained having the state of his planet.”
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