तं दुराराध्यमाराध्य सतामपि दुरापया । एकान्तभक्त्या को वाञ्छेत्पादमूलं विना बहि: ॥ ५५ ॥
tam duraradhyam aradhya satam api durapaya ekanta-bhaktya ko vanchet pada-mulam vina bahih
- tam
- unto You
- duraradhyam
- very difficult to worship
- aradhya
- having worshiped
- satam api
- even for the most exalted persons
- durapaya
- very difficult to attain
- ekanta
- pure
- bhaktya
- by devotional service
- kah
- who is that man
- vanchet
- should desire
- pada-mulam
- lotus feet
- vina
- without
- bahih
- outsiders.
My dear Lord, pure devotional service is even difficult for liberated persons to discharge, but devotional service alone can satisfy You. Who will take to other processes of self-realization if he is actually serious about the perfection of life?