क्षणार्धेनापि तुलये न स्वर्गं नापुनर्भवम् । भगवत्सङ्गिसङ्गस्य मर्त्यानां किमुताशिष: ॥ ५७ ॥
ksanardhenapi tulaye na svargam napunar-bhavam bhagavat-sangi-sangasya martyanam kim utasisah
- ksana-ardhena
- by half a moment
- api
- even
- tulaye
- compare
- na
- never
- svargam
- heavenly planes
- na
- neither
- apunah-bhavam
- merging into the Supreme
- bhagavat
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- sangi
- associate
- sangasya
- one who takes advantage of associating
- martyanam
- of the conditioned soul
- kim uta
- what is there
- asisah
- blessings.
If one by chance associates with a devotee, even for a fraction of a moment, he no longer is subject to attraction by the results of karma or jnana. What interest then can he have in the benedictions of the demigods, who are subject to the laws of birth and death?