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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.9.17

యస్మాత్ ప్రియాప్రియవియోగసంయోగజన్మ- శోకాగ్నినా సకలయోనిషు దహ్యమాన: । దు:ఖౌషధం తదపి దు:ఖమతద్ధియాహం భూమన్భ్రమామి వద మే తవ దాస్యయోగమ్ ॥ ౧౭ ॥
yasmāt priyāpriya-viyoga-saṁyoga-janma-
[yasmaat priyaapriya-viyoga-samyoga-janma-]
śokāgninā sakala-yoniṣu dahyamānaḥ
[shokaagninaa sakala-yonishu dahyamaanah]
duḥkhauṣadhaṁ tad api duḥkham atad-dhiyāhaṁ
[duhkhaushadham tad api duhkham atad-dhiyaaham]
bhūman bhramāmi vada me tava dāsya-yogam
[bhooman bhramaami vada me tava daasya-yogam]
yasmāt — because of which (because of existing in the material world) priya — pleasing apriya — not pleasing viyoga — by separation saṁyoga — and combination janma — whose birth śoka-agninā — by the fire of lamentation sakala-yoniṣu — in any type of body dahyamānaḥ — being burned duḥkha-auṣadham — remedial measures for miserable life tat — that api — also duḥkham — suffering a-tat-dhiyā — by accepting the body as the self aham — I bhūman — O great one bhramāmi — am wandering (within the cycle of birth and death) vada — kindly instruct me — unto me tava — Your dāsya-yogam — activities of service.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yasmāt priyāpriya-viyoga-saṁyoga-janma-
yasmāt
because of which (because of existing in the material world)
priya
pleasing
apriya
not pleasing
viyoga
by separation
saṁyoga
and combination
janma
whose birth
śokāgninā sakala-yoniṣu dahyamānaḥ
śoka-agninā
by the fire of lamentation
sakala-yoniṣu
in any type of body
dahyamānaḥ
being burned
duḥkhauṣadhaṁ tad api duḥkham atad-dhiyāhaṁ
duḥkha-auṣadham
remedial measures for miserable life
tat
that
api
also
duḥkham
suffering
a-tat-dhiyā
by accepting the body as the self
aham
I
bhūman bhramāmi vada me tava dāsya-yogam
bhūman
O great one
bhramāmi
am wandering (within the cycle of birth and death)
vada
kindly instruct
me
unto me
tava
Your
dāsya-yogam
activities of service.
O great one, O Supreme Lord, because of combination with pleasing and displeasing circumstances and because of separation from them, one is placed in a most regrettable position, within heavenly or hellish planets, as if burning in a fire of lamentation. Although there are many remedies by which to get out of miserable life, any such remedies in the material world are more miserable than the miseries themselves. Therefore I think that the only remedy is to engage in Your service. Kindly instruct me in such service.

Prahlāda Mahārāja aspired to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord. After the death of his father, who was materially very opulent, Prahlāda would have inherited his father’s property, which extended throughout the world, but Prahlāda Mahārāja was not inclined to accept such material opulence, for whether one is in the heavenly or hellish planets or is a rich or a poor man’s son, material conditions are everywhere. Therefore no condition of life is at all pleasing. If one wants the uncontaminated pleasure of blissful life, he must engage himself in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. Material opulence may be somewhat pleasing for the time being, but to come to that temporary pleasing condition one must work extremely hard. When a poor man is rich he may be better situated, but to come to that position he had to accept many miseries. The fact is that in material life, whether one is miserable or happy, both conditions are miserable. If one actually wants happy, blissful life, one must become Kṛṣṇa conscious and constantly engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. That is the real remedy. The entire world is under the illusion that people will be happy by advancing in materialistic measures to counteract the miseries of conditional life, but this attempt will never be successful. Humanity must be trained to engage in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. That is the purpose of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. There can be no happiness in changing one’s material conditions, for everywhere there is trouble and misery.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O Lord! Because of this, I am suffering in every single life by the fire of lamentation arising from birth, with experience of separating from and meeting friends and enemies. The solution to suffering is also suffering. But thinking I am happy, I am wandering from body to body. Please tell me how I can be your servant. “What will you do by serving my feet? Please enjoy the happiness from the wealth of the three worlds related to the Pitṛs.” I experience the fire of lamentation through birth, with separation and attainment of wanted and unwanted objects in all wombs. Even in the body of a king, this lamentation is present. “There are many remedies for the fire of lamentation.” The remedy for suffering only produces more suffering. By thinking that still I am happy (atad-dhiyā), even in a body of a pig, I wander about. Please tell me the method (yoga) of being your servant. By which method should I attain your service? Please tell the truth. If I have service to you, I will have no suffering at all in any womb.
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