SB 7.9.53

TEXT 53

TEXT

मामप्रीणत आयुष्मन् दर्शनं दुर्लभं हि मे ।
दृष्ट्वा मां न पुनर्जन्तुर् आत्मानं तप्तुमर्हति ॥ ५३ ॥

mam aprinata ayusman

darsanam durlabham hi me

drstva mam na punar jantur

atmanam taptum arhati

mam-Me; aprinatah-not pleasing; ayusman-O long-living Prahlada; darsanam-seeing; durlabham-very rare; hi-indeed; me-of Me; drstva-after seeing; mam-Me; na-not; punah-again; jantuh-the living entity; atmanam-for himself; taptum-to lament; arhati-deserves.

TRANSLATION

My dear Prahlada, may you live a long time. One cannot appreciate or understand Me without pleasing Me, but one who has seen or pleased Me has nothing more for which to lament for his own satisfaction.

One cannot be happy under any circumstances unless one pleases the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but one who has learned how to please the Supreme Lord need no longer lament for his material condition.

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