स वै महाभागवतो महात्मा महानुभावो महतां महिष्ठ: । प्रवृद्धभक्त्या ह्यनुभाविताशये निवेश्य वैकुण्ठमिमं विहास्यति ॥ ४८ ॥
sa vai maha-bhagavato mahatma mahanubhavo mahatam mahisthah pravrddha-bhaktya hy anubhavitasaye nivesya vaikuntham imam vihasyati
- sah
- he
- vai
- certainly
- maha-bhagavatah
- the topmost devotee
- maha-atma
- expanded intelligence
- maha-anubhavah
- expanded influence
- mahatam
- of the great souls
- mahisthah
- the greatest
- pravrddha
- well matured
- bhaktya
- by devotional service
- hi
- certainly
- anubhavita
- being situated in the anubhava stage of ecstasy
- asaye
- in the mind
- nivesya
- entering
- vaikuntham
- in the spiritual sky
- imam
- this (material world)
- vihasyati
- will quit
That topmost devotee of the Lord will have expanded intelligence and expanded influence and will be the greatest of the great souls. Due to matured devotional service, he will certainly be situated in transcendental ecstasy and will enter the spiritual sky after quitting this material world.