Madhya 24.183

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মৎসেবয়া প্রতীতং তে সালোক্যাদি-চতুষ্টয়ম্ ।
নেচ্ছন্তি সেবয়া পূর্ণাঃ কুতোঽন্যৎ কালবিপ্লুতম্ ॥ ১৮৩ ॥

mat-sevaya pratitam te

salokyadi-catustayam

necchanti sevaya pūrnaḥ

kuto 'nyat kala-viplutam

SYNONYMS

mat-of Me; sevaya-by service; pratitam-obtained; te-they; salokya-adi-liberation, beginning with salokya; catustayam-the four kinds of; na icchanti-do not desire; sevaya-by service; pūrnaḥ-complete; kutaḥ-where; anyat-other things; kala-viplutam-which are lost in time.

TRANSLATION

" 'My devotees, having fulfilled their desires by serving Me, do not accept the four kinds of salvation that are easily earned by such service. Why then should they accept any pleasures that are lost in the course of time?'

PURPORT

This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (9.4.67).

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