ऋषभ उवाच नायं देहो देहभाजां नृलोके कष्टान् कामानर्हते विड्भुजां ये । तपो दिव्यं पुत्रका येन सत्त्वं शुद्ध्येद्यस्माद् ब्रह्मसौख्यं त्वनन्तम् ॥ १ ॥
rsabha uvaca nayam deho deha-bhajam nrloke kastan kaman arhate vid-bhujam ye tapo divyam putraka yena sattvam suddhyed yasmad brahma-saukhyam tv anantam
- rsabhah uvaca
- Lord Rsabhadeva said
- na
- not
- ayam
- this
- dehah
- body
- deha-bhajam
- of all living entities who have accepted material bodies
- nr-loke
- in this world
- kastan
- troublesome
- kaman
- sense gratification
- arhate
- deserves
- vit-bhujam
- of stool-eaters
- ye
- which
- tapah
- austerities and penances
- divyam
- divine
- putrakah
- My dear sons
- yena
- by which
- sattvam
- the heart
- suddhyet
- becomes purified
- yasmat
- from which
- brahma-saukhyam
- spiritual happiness
- tu
- certainly
- anantam
- unending
Lord Rsabhadeva told His sons: My dear boys, of all the living entities who have accepted material bodies in this world, one who has been awarded this human form should not work hard day and night simply for sense gratification, which is available even for dogs and hogs that eat stool. One should engage in penance and austerity to attain the divine position of devotional service. By such activity, one’s heart is purified, and when one attains this position, he attains eternal, blissful life, which is transcendental to material happiness and which continues forever.