Madhya 9.269

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যো দুস্ত্যজান্ ক্ষিতিসুতস্বজনার্থদারান্
প্রার্থ্যাং শ্রিয়ং সুরবরৈঃ সদয়াবলোকাম্ ।
নৈচ্ছন্‌নৃপস্তদুচিতং মহতাং মধুদ্বিট্-
সেবানুরক্তমনসামভবোঽপি ফল্গুঃ ॥ ২৬৯ ॥

yo dustyajan ksiti-suta-svajanartha-daran

prarthyam sriyam sura-varaih sadayavalokam

naicchan nrpas tad ucitam mahatam madhu-dvit-

sevanurakta-manasam abhavo 'pi phalguh

SYNONYMS

yah-one who; dustyajan-very difficult to give up; ksiti-land; suta-children; svajana-relatives; artha-riches; daran-and wife; prarthyam-desirable; sriyam-fortune; sura-varaih-by the best of the demigods; sa-daya-merciful; avalokam-whose glance; na aicchat-did not desire; nrpah-the King (Maharaja Bharata); tat-that; ucitam-is befitting; mahatam-of great personalities; madhu-dvit-of the killer of the demon Madhu; seva-anurakta-engaged in the service; manasam-the minds of whom; abhavah-cessation of the repetition of birth and death; api-even; phalguh-insignificant.

TRANSLATION

" 'It is very difficult to give up material opulence, land, children, society, friends, riches, wife, or the blessings of the goddess of fortune, which are desired even by great demigods. King Bharata did not desire such things, and this was quite befitting his position because for a pure devotee whose mind is always engaged in service of the Lord, even liberation or merging into the existence of the Lord is insignificant. And what to speak of material opportunity?'

PURPORT

This is a verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (5.14.44) concerning the glorification of King Bharata, whom Sukadeva Gosvami was describing to King Pariksit.

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