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

Verse 181 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.181

ধৃতিঃ স্যাত্পূর্ণতা জ্ঞান দুঃখাভাবোত্তমাপ্তিভিঃ অপ্রাপ্তাতীতনষ্টার্থা নভিসংশোচনাদিকৃত্

धृतिः स्यात्पूर्णता ज्ञान दुःखाभावोत्तमाप्तिभिः अप्राप्तातीतनष्टार्था नभिसंशोचनादिकृत्

dhṛtiḥ syāt pūrṇatā jñāna- duḥkhābhāvottamāptibhiḥ aprāptātīta-naṣṭārthā- nabhisaṁśocanādikṛt

Synonyms

dhṛtiḥ—endurance; syāt—may become; pūrṇatā—fullness; jñāna—knowledge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; duḥkha-abhāva—the absence of misery; uttama-āptibhiḥ—by attainment of the highest platform of perfection; aprāpta—not obtained; atīta—gone; naṣṭa—destroyed; artha—object, goal; anabhisaṁ-śocana—absence of lamentation; ādi—and so on; kṛt—doing..

Translation

" 'Dhṛti is the fullness felt by the absence of misery and brought about by receiving knowledge of the Supreme Lord and by obtaining pure love for Him. The lamentation that accrues from not obtaining a goal or by loss of something already attained does not affect this completeness.'

Purport

This verse is found in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu (2.4.144).

Verse 181 of 355