ये दारागारपुत्राप्तप्राणान् वित्तमिमं परम् । हित्वा मां शरणं याता: कथं तांस्त्यक्तुमुत्सहे ॥ ६५ ॥
ye daragara-putrapta- pranan vittam imam param hitva mam saranam yatah katham tams tyaktum utsahe
- ye
- those devotees of Mine who
- dara
- wife
- agara
- house
- putra
- children, sons
- apta
- relatives, society
- pranan
- even life
- vittam
- wealth
- imam
- all these
- param
- elevation to the heavenly planets or becoming one by merging into Brahman
- hitva
- giving up (all these ambitions and paraphernalia)
- mam
- unto Me
- saranam
- shelter
- yatah
- having taken
- katham
- how
- tan
- such persons
- tyaktum
- to give them up
- utsahe
- I can be enthusiastic in that way (it is not possible)
Since pure devotees give up their homes, wives, children, relatives, riches and even their lives simply to serve Me, without any desire for material improvement in this life or in the next, how can I give up such devotees at any time?