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TEXT 38
কৃষ্ণ কহে,—‘আমা ভজে, মাগে বিষয়-স্থখ । অমৃত ছাড়ি’ বিষ মাগে,- এই বড় মূর্খ ॥ ৩৮ ॥
kışına kahe, —‘āmā bhaje, māge viṣaya-sukha amırta chāḍi’ viṣa māge, —ei baḍa mūrkha
SYNONYMS
kṛṣṇa kahe —Kṛṣṇa says;  āmā bhaje —he worships Me;  māge —but requests;  viṣaya-sukha —material happiness;  amṛta chāḍi' —giving up the nectar;  viṣa māge —he begs for poison;  ei baḍa mūrkha —he is a great fool.
TRANSLATION
“Кṛṣṇa says, ‘If one engages in My transcendental loving service but at the same time wants the opulence of material enjoyment, he is very, very foolish. Indeed, he is just like a person who gives up ambrosia to drink poison.
TEXT 39
আমি—বিজ্ঞ, এই মুর্খে ‘বিষয়’ কেনে দিব   ? স্ব-চরণামৃত দিয়া ‘বিষয়’ ভুলাইব ॥ ৩৯ ॥
āmi  —vijña, ei mūrkhe ‘vişaya’ kene diba? sva-caraņāmṛta diyā ‘vişaya’ bhulāiba
SYNONYMS
āmi —I;  vijña —all-intelligent;  ei mūrkhe —unto this foolish person;  viṣaya —material enjoyment;  kene diba —why should I give;  sva-caraṇa-amṛta —the nectar of shelter at My lotus feet;  diyā —giving;  viṣaya —the idea of material enjoyment;  bhulāiba —I shall make him forget.
TRANSLATION
“‘Since I am very intelligent, why should give this fool material prosperity? Instead I shall induce him to take the nectar of the shelter of My lotus feet and make him forget illusory material enjoyment.’
PURPORT
Those who are interested in material enjoyment are known as  bhukti . One who is interested in merging into the effulgence of Brahman or perfecting the mystic yoga system is not a devotee at all. Devotees do not have such desires. However,