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Chapter 22: The Process of Devotional Service

Verse 76 of 160
Cc Madhya 22.76

যস্যাস্তি ভক্তির্ভগবত্যকিংচনা সর্বৈর্গুণৈস্তত্র সমাসতে সুরাঃ হরাবভক্তস্য কুতো মহদ্গুণা মনোরথেনাসতি ধাবতো বহিঃ

यस्यास्ति भक्तिर्भगवत्यकिंचना सर्वैर्गुणैस्तत्र समासते सुराः हरावभक्तस्य कुतो महद्गुणा मनोरथेनासति धावतो बहिः

yasyāsti bhaktir bhagavaty akiñcanā sarvair guṇais tatra samāsate surāḥ harāv abhaktasya kuto mahad-guṇā mano-rathenāsati dhāvato bahiḥ

Synonyms

yasya—of whom; asti—there is; bhaktiḥ—devotional service; bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akiñcanā—without material desires; sarvaiḥ—all; guṇaiḥ—with good qualities; tatra—there; samāsate—live; surāḥ—the demigods; harau—unto the Lord; abhaktasya—of the nondevotee; kutaḥ—where; mahat-guṇāḥ—the high qualities; manaḥ-rathena—by mental concoction; asati—to temporary material happiness; dhāvataḥ—running; bahiḥ—externally..

Translation

" 'In one who has unflinching devotional faith in Kṛṣṇa, all the good qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the demigods are consistently manifest. However, he who has no devotion to the Supreme Personality of Godhead has no good qualifications because he is engaged by mental concoction in material existence, which is the external feature of the Lord.'

Purport

This was spoken by Bhadraśravā and his followers, who were offering prayers to Nṛsiṁhadeva (Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 5.18.12).

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