परं सौख्यं हि नैराश्यं स्वैरिण्यप्याहपिङ्गला । तज्जानतीनां न: कृष्णे तथाप्याशा दुरत्यया ॥ ४७ ॥
paraṁ saukhyaṁ hi nairāśyaṁ svairiṇy apy āha piṅgalā taj jānatīnāṁ naḥ kṛṣṇe tathāpy āśā duratyayā
- param
- the highest
- saukhyam
- happiness
- hi
- indeed
- nairāśyam
- indifference
- svairiṇī
- unchaste
- api
- although
- āha
- stated
- piṅgalā
- the prostitute Piṅgalā
- tat
- of that
- jānatīnām
- who are aware
- naḥ
- for us
- kṛṣṇe
- focused on Kṛṣṇa
- tathā api
- nevertheless
- āsā
- the hope
- duratyayā
- is impossible to transcend
Indeed, the greatest happiness is to renounce all desires, as even the prostitute Piṅgalā has declared. Yet even though we know this, we cannot give up our hopes of attaining Kṛṣṇa.