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Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 125 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.125

অহো মহাত্মন্বহুদোষদুষ্টো ঽপ্যেকেন ভাত্যেষ ভবো গুণেন সত্সংগমাখ্যেন সুখাবহেন কৃতাদ্য নো যেন কৃশা মুমুক্ষা

अहो महात्मन्बहुदोषदुष्टो ऽप्येकेन भात्येष भवो गुणेन सत्संगमाख्येन सुखावहेन कृताद्य नो येन कृशा मुमुक्षा

aho mahātman bahu-doṣa-duṣṭo 'py ekena bhāty eṣa bhavo guṇena sat-saṅgamākhyena sukhāvahena kṛtādya no yena kṛśā mumukṣā

Synonyms

aho mahātman—O great devotee; bahu-doṣa-duṣṭaḥ—infected with varieties of material disease or attachment; api—although; ekena—with one; bhāti—shines; eṣaḥ—this; bhavaḥ—birth in this material world; guṇena—with a good quality; sat-saṅgama-ākhyena—known as association with devotees; sukhā-āvahena—which brings about happiness; kṛtā—made; adya—now; naḥ—our; yena—by which; kṛśā—insignificant; mumukṣā—the desire for liberation..

Translation

" 'O great learned devotee, although there are many faults in this material world, there is one good opportunity—the association with devotees. Such association brings about great happiness. Due to this good quality, our strong desire to achieve liberation by merging into the Brahman effulgence has become weakened.'

Purport

This is a quotation from the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya.

Verse 125 of 355