श्रेय:सृतिं भक्तिमुदस्य ते विभो क्लिश्यन्ति ये केवलबोधलब्धये । तेषामसौ क्लेशल एव शिष्यते नान्यद् यथा स्थूलतुषावघातिनाम् ॥ ४ ॥
śreyaḥ-sṛtiṁ bhaktim udasya te vibho kliśyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye teṣām asau kleśala eva śiṣyate nānyad yathā sthūla-tuṣāvaghātinām
- śreyaḥ
- of supreme benefit
- sṛtim
- the path
- bhaktim
- devotional service
- udasya
- rejecting
- te
- they
- vibho
- O almighty Lord
- kliśyanti
- struggle
- ye
- who
- kevala
- exclusive
- bodha
- of knowledge
- labdhaye
- for the achievement
- teṣām
- for them
- asau
- this
- kleśalaḥ
- botheration
- eva
- merely
- śiṣyate
- remains
- na
- nothing
- anyat
- other
- yathā
- just as
- sthūla-tuṣa
- empty husks
- avaghātinām
- for those who are beating
My dear Lord, devotional service unto You is the best path for self-realization. If someone gives up that path and engages in the cultivation of speculative knowledge, he will simply undergo a troublesome process and will not achieve his desired result. As a person who beats an empty husk of wheat cannot get grain, one who simply speculates cannot achieve self-realization. His only gain is trouble.