Text 54]
Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1433
labdhvā sudurlabham idam bahu-sambhavānte mānuṣyam arthadam anityam apīha dhītraḥ tūrṇam yateta na pated anumṛtyu yāvan niḥśreyasāya viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt  (Bhāg. 11.9.29)
After many births we have attained this human form; therefore before death comes, we should engage ourselves in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. That is the fulfillment of human life.
TEXT 54
सुमनः समधर्मणां स्त्रीणां शरण आश्रमे पुष्पमधुगन्धवत्सुद्रतयं काम्यकर्मविपाकजं काम- सुखलवं जैह्यौपस्थ्यादि विचिन्वन्तं मिथुनीभूय तदमिनिवेशितमनसं षडङ्गिगणसामगीतवदति- मनोहरवनितादिजनात्पञ्चतितरायतिप्रत्येभितर्कर्ण- मग्रे शुक्रयूथवदात्मन आयुर्हरतोऽहोरात्रान्तान् काल- तवविशेषानविगणय्य गृहेषु विहरन्तं पृष्ठत एव परोक्षमनुप्रश्नो लुब्धकः कृतान्तोऽन्तःशरेण यमिह पराविष्यति तमिममात्मानमहो राजन् मिन्नहृदयं द्रष्टुमर्हसीति ॥५४॥
sumanaḥ-sama-dharmaṇām strīṇām śaraṇa āśrame puṣpa-madhu- gandhavat kṣudratamam kāmya-karma-vipākajam kāma-sukha-lavam jaihvyaupasthyādi vicinvantam mithunī-bhūya tad-abhiniveśita-manasam ṣaḍ-aṅghri-gaṇa-sāma-gīta-vad ati-manohara-vanitādi-janālāpeṣv atitarām ati- pralobhita-karṇam agre vṛka-yūthavad ātmana āyur harato 'ho-rātrān tān kāla-lava-viśeṣān avigaṇayya gṛheṣu viharantam pṛṣthata eva parokṣam anupravṛtto lubdhakaḥ kṛtānto 'ntaḥ śareṇa yam iha parāvidhyati tam imam ātmānam aho rājan bhinna-hṛdayam draṣṭum arhasīti.
sumanaḥ—flowers; sama-dharmaṇām—exactly like; strīṇām—of women; śaraṇe—in the shelter; āśrame—household life; puṣpa—in flowers; madhu—