Antya 3.189

TEXT 189

TEXT

সালোক্য-সার্ষ্টি-সারূপ্য-সামীপ্যৈকত্বমপ্যুত ।
দীয়মানং ন গৃহ্ণন্তি বিনা মৎসেবনং জনাঃ ॥ ১৮৯ ॥

salokya-sarsti-sarupya-

samipyaikatvam apy uta

diyamanam na grhnanti

vina mat-sevanam janah

SYNONYMS

salokya-to live on the same planet; sarsti-to acquire the same opulence; sarupya-to achieve the same bodily features; samipya-to live always near the Supreme Lord; ekatvam-to merge into the existence of the Lord; api-even; uta-certainly; diyamanam-being offered; na grhnanti-do not take; vina-without; mat-sevanam-My service; janah-the devotees.

TRANSLATION

" 'My devotees do not accept salokya, sarsti, sarupya, samipya, or oneness with Me-even if I offer these liberations-in preference to serving Me.' "

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Lord Kapila, an avatara of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.13).

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