Madhya 24.181

TEXT 181

TEXT

ধৃতিঃ স্যাৎ পূর্ণতা জ্ঞান-দুঃখাভাবোত্তমাপ্তিভিঃ ।
অপ্রাপ্তাতীত-নষ্টার্থানভিসংশোচনাদিকৃৎ ॥ ১৮১ ॥

dhrtiḥ syat pūrnata jnana-

duḥkhabhavottamaptibhiḥ

apraptatita-nastartha-

nabhisamsocanadikrt

SYNONYMS

dhrtiḥ-endurance; syat-may become; pūrnata-fullness; jnana-knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; duḥkha-abhava-the absence of misery; uttama-aptibhiḥ-by attainment of the highest platform of perfection; aprapta-not obtained; atita-gone; nasta-destroyed; artha-object, goal; anabhisam-socana-absence of lamentation; adi-and so on; krt-doing.

TRANSLATION

" 'Dhrti is the fullness felt by the absence of misery and brought about by receiving knowledge of the Supreme Lord and by obtaining pure love for Him. The lamentation that accrues from not obtaining a goal or by loss of something already attained does not affect this completeness.'

PURPORT

This verse is found in Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (2.4.144).

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