बाध्यमानोऽपि मद्भक्तो विषयैरजितेन्द्रिय: । प्राय: प्रगल्भया भक्त्या विषयैर्नाभिभूयते ॥ १८ ॥
bādhyamāno ’pi mad-bhakto viṣayair ajitendriyaḥ prāyaḥ pragalbhayā bhaktyā viṣayair nābhibhūyate
- bādhyamānaḥ
- being harassed
- api
- even though
- mat-bhaktaḥ
- My devotee
- viṣayaiḥ
- by the sense objects
- ajita
- without having conquered
- indriyaḥ
- the senses
- prāyaḥ
- generally
- pragalbhayā
- effective and strong
- bhaktyā
- by devotion
- viṣayaiḥ
- by sense gratification
- na
- not
- abhibhūyate
- is defeated
My dear Uddhava, if My devotee has not fully conquered his senses, he may be harassed by material desires, but because of his unflinching devotion for Me, he will not be defeated by sense gratification.