या निर्वृतिस्तनुभृतां तव पादपद्म ध्यानाद्भवज्जनकथाश्रवणेन वा स्यात् । सा ब्रह्मणि स्वमहिमन्यपि नाथ मा भूत् किं त्वन्तकासिलुलितात्पततां विमानात् ॥ १० ॥
ya nirvrtis tanu-bhrtam tava pada-padma- dhyanad bhavaj-jana-katha-sravanena va syat sa brahmani sva-mahimany api natha ma bhut kim tv antakasi-lulitat patatam vimanat
- ya
- that which
- nirvrtih
- bliss
- tanu-bhrtam
- of the embodied
- tava
- Your
- pada-padma
- lotus feet
- dhyanat
- from meditating upon
- bhavat-jana
- from Your intimate devotees
- katha
- topics
- sravanena
- by hearing
- va
- or
- syat
- comes into being
- sa
- that bliss
- brahmani
- in the impersonal Brahman
- sva-mahimani
- Your own magnificence
- api
- even
- natha
- O Lord
- ma
- never
- bhut
- exists
- kim
- what to speak of
- tu
- then
- antaka-asi
- by the sword of death
- lulitat
- being destroyed
- patatam
- of those who fall down
- vimanat
- from their airplanes
My Lord, the transcendental bliss derived from meditating upon Your lotus feet or hearing about Your glories from pure devotees is so unlimited that it is far beyond the stage of brahmananda, wherein one thinks himself merged in the impersonal Brahman as one with the Supreme. Since brahmananda is also defeated by the transcendental bliss derived from devotional service, then what to speak of the temporary blissfulness of elevating oneself to the heavenly planes, which is ended by the separating sword of time? Although one may be elevated to the heavenly planes, he falls down in due course of time.