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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.35

సిద్ధా ఊచు: అయం త్వత్కథామృష్టపీయూషనద్యాం మనోవారణ: క్లేశదావాగ్నిదగ్ధ: । తృషార్తోఽవగాఢో న సస్మార దావం న నిష్క్రామతి బ్రహ్మసమ్పన్నవన్న: ॥ ౩౫ ॥
siddhā ūcuḥ
[siddhaa oochuh]
ayaṁ tvat-kathā-mṛṣṭa-pīyūṣa-nadyāṁ
[ayam tvat-kathaa-mrishta-peeyoosha-nadyaam]
mano-vāraṇaḥ kleśa-dāvāgni-dagdhaḥ
[mano-vaaranah klesha-daavaagni-dagdhah]
tṛṣārto ’vagāḍho na sasmāra dāvaṁ
[trishaarto ’vagaadho na sasmaara daavam]
na niṣkrāmati brahma-sampannavan naḥ
[na nishkraamati brahma-sampannavan nah]
siddhāḥ — the Siddhas ūcuḥ — prayed ayam — this tvat-kathā — Your pastimes mṛṣṭa — pure pīyūṣa — of nectar nadyām — in the river manaḥ — of the mind vāraṇaḥ — the elephant kleśa — sufferings dāva-agni — by the forest fire dagdhaḥ — burned tṛṣā — thirst ārtaḥ — afflicted avagāḍhaḥ — being immersed na sasmāra — does not remember dāvam — the forest fire or the miseries na niṣkrāmati — not come out brahma — the Absolute sampanna-vat — like having merged naḥ — our.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
siddhā ūcuḥ
siddhāḥ
the Siddhas
ūcuḥ
prayed
ayaṁ tvat-kathā-mṛṣṭa-pīyūṣa-nadyāṁ
ayam
this
tvat-kathā
Your pastimes
mṛṣṭa
pure
pīyūṣa
of nectar
nadyām
in the river
mano-vāraṇaḥ kleśa-dāvāgni-dagdhaḥ
manaḥ
of the mind
vāraṇaḥ
the elephant
kleśa
sufferings
dāva-agni
by the forest fire
dagdhaḥ
burned
tṛṣārto ’vagāḍho na sasmāra dāvaṁ
tṛṣā
thirst
ārtaḥ
afflicted
avagāḍhaḥ
being immersed
na niṣkrāmati brahma-sampannavan naḥ
na sasmāra
does not remember
dāvam
the forest fire or the miseries
na niṣkrāmati
not come out
brahma
the Absolute
sampanna-vat
like having merged
naḥ
our.
The Siddhas prayed: Like an elephant that has suffered in a forest fire but can forget all its troubles by entering a river, our minds, O Lord, always merge in the nectarean river of Your transcendental pastimes, and they desire never to leave such transcendental bliss, which is as good as the pleasure of merging in the Absolute.

This statement is from the Siddhas, the inhabitants of Siddhaloka, where the eight kinds of material perfection are complete. The residents of Siddhaloka have full control in the eight kinds of yogic perfection, but from their statement it appears that they are pure devotees. They always merge in the nectarean river of hearing of the pastimes of the Lord. Hearing of the pastimes of the Lord is called kṛṣṇa-kathā. Similarly, there is a statement by Prahlāda Mahārāja that those who are always merged in the ocean of the nectar of describing the Lord’s pastimes are liberated and have no fear of the material condition of life. The Siddhas say that the mind of an ordinary person is full of anxieties. The example is given of the elephant who has suffered in a forest fire and who enters into a river for relief. If persons who are suffering in the forest fire of this material existence will only enter into the nectarean river of the description of the pastimes of the Lord, they will forget all the troubles of the miserable material existence. The Siddhas do not care for fruitive activities, such as performing sacrifices and achieving the good results. They simply merge in the transcendental discussions of the pastimes of the Lord. That makes them completely happy, without care for pious or impious activities. For those who are always in Kṛṣṇa consciousness there is no need to perform any kind of pious or impious sacrifices or activities. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is itself complete, for it includes all the processes praised in the Vedic scriptures.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The prema-bhaktas said: Our minds, like an elephant burned from a forest fire and afflicted by thirst, become absorbed in the sweet, pure river of your pastimes, do not remember the fire of saṁsāra, and do not come out of that river, as if having merged in Brahman. Siddhā here means those perfected in bhakti, with prema. The mind immersed in the river of pure nectar of your pastimes does not remember the fire of saṁsāra (dāvam). The mind does not come out of that river, as if having attained oneness with Brahman. Let us submerge ourselves in the nectar of the Lord’s pastimes without considering what duties we should do nor not do, with contamination or without contamination. This statement is directed to the sages.
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