देहेन्द्रियप्राणमनोधियां यो जन्माप्ययक्षुद्भयतर्षकृच्छ्रै: । संसारधर्मैरविमुह्यमान: स्मृत्या हरेर्भागवतप्रधान: ॥ ४९ ॥
dehendriya-prāṇa-mano-dhiyāṁ yo janmāpyaya-kṣud-bhaya-tarṣa-kṛcchraiḥ saṁsāra-dharmair avimuhyamānaḥ smṛtyā harer bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ
- deha
- of the body
- indriya
- senses
- prāṇa
- life air
- manaḥ
- mind
- dhiyām
- and intelligence
- yaḥ
- who
- janma
- by birth
- apyaya
- diminution
- kṣut
- hunger
- bhaya
- fear
- tarṣa
- thirst
- kṛcchraiḥ
- and the pain of exertion
- saṁsāra
- of material life
- dharmaiḥ
- by the inseparable features
- avimuhyamānaḥ
- not bewildered
- smṛtyā
- because of remembrance
- hareḥ
- of Lord Hari
- bhāgavata-pradhānaḥ
- the foremost of devotees
Within the material world, one’s material body is always subject to birth and decay. Similarly, the life air [prāṇa] is harassed by hunger and thirst, the mind is always anxious, the intelligence hankers for that which cannot be obtained, and all of the senses are ultimately exhausted by constant struggle in the material nature. A person who is not bewildered by the inevitable miseries of material existence, and who remains aloof from them simply by remembering the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is to be considered bhāgavata-pradhāna, the foremost devotee of the Lord.