कोऽतिप्रयासोऽसुरबालका हरे- रुपासने स्वे हृदि छिद्रवत् सत: । स्वस्यात्मन: सख्युरशेषदेहिनां सामान्यत: किं विषयोपपादनै: ॥ ३८ ॥
ko ’ti-prayaso ’sura-balaka harer upasane sve hrdi chidravat satah svasyatmanah sakhyur asesa-dehinam samanyatah kim visayopapadanaih
- kah
- what
- ati-prayasah
- difficult endeavor
- asura-balakah
- O sons of demons
- hareh
- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- upasane
- in discharging the devotional service
- sve
- in one’s own
- hrdi
- core of the heart
- chidra-vat
- just like the space
- satah
- who always exists
- svasya
- of one’s self or of the living entity
- atmanah
- of the Supersoul
- sakhyuh
- of the well-wishing friend
- asesa
- unlimited
- dehinam
- of the embodied souls
- samanyatah
- generally
- kim
- what is the need
- visaya-upapadanaih
- with activities delivering the objects of the senses for sense enjoyment
O my friends, sons of the asuras, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Supersoul feature always exists within the cores of the hearts of all living entities. Indeed, He is the well-wisher and friend of all living entities, and there is no difficulty in worshiping the Lord. Why, then, should people not engage in His devotional service? Why are they so addicted to unnecessarily producing artificial paraphernalia for sense gratification?