Madhya 19.212

TEXT 212

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শমো মন্নিষ্ঠতা বুদ্ধেরিতি শ্রীভগবদ্বচঃ ।
তনিষ্ঠা দুর্ঘটা বুদ্ধেরেতাং শান্তরতিং বিনা ॥ ২১২ ॥

samo man-nisthata buddher

iti sri-bhagavad-vacah

tan-nistha durghata buddher

etam santa-ratim vina

SYNONYMS

samah-equality or neutrality; mat-nisthata-being fixed in My lotus feet; buddheh-of the intelligence; iti-thus; sri-bhagavat-vacah-words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; tat-nistha-attachment or attraction for Him; durghata-very difficult to achieve; buddheh-of intelligence; etam-thus; santa-ratim-attachment on the platform of santa-rasa; vina-without.

TRANSLATION

"These are the words of the Supreme Personality of Godhead: 'When one's intelligence is fully attached to My lotus feet but one does not render practical service, one has attained the stage called santa-rati, or sama. Without santa-rati, attachment to Krsna is very difficult to achieve.'

PURPORT

This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (3.1.47).