नायं सुखापो भगवान्देहिनां गोपिकासुत: । ज्ञानिनां चात्मभूतानां यथा भक्तिमतामिह ॥ २१ ॥
nāyaṁ sukhāpo bhagavān dehināṁ gopikā-sutaḥ jñānināṁ cātma-bhūtānāṁ yathā bhaktimatām iha
- na
- not
- ayam
- this
- sukha-āpaḥ
- very easily obtainable, or an object of happiness
- bhagavān
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- dehinām
- of persons in the bodily concept of life, especially the karmīs
- gopikā-sutaḥ
- Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā (Kṛṣṇa as the son of Vasudeva is called Vāsudeva, and as the son of mother Yaśodā He is known as Kṛṣṇa)
- jñāninām ca
- and of the jñānīs, who try to be free from material contamination
- ātma-bhūtānām
- of self-sufficient yogīs
- yathā
- as
- bhakti-matām
- of the devotees
- iha
- in this world
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the son of mother Yaśodā, is accessible to devotees engaged in spontaneous loving service, but He is not as easily accessible to mental speculators, to those striving for self-realization by severe austerities and penances, or to those who consider the body the same as the self.