Text 39] The Appearance of the Demon Vṛtrāsura
135
मनसः कथमु ह वा एते मधुमथन पुनः स्वार्थकुशला ह्यात्मप्रियसुहृदः साधव- स्त्वच्चरणाम्बुजानुसेवां विसृजन्ति न यत्र पुनर्यं संसारपर्यावर्तः ॥ ३९ ॥
atha ha vāva tava mahimāmṛta-rasa-samudra-vipruṣā sakṛt avaliḍhayā sva-manasi niṣyandamānānavarata-sukhena vismārita-dṛṣṭa-śruta- viṣaya-sukha-leśābhāsāḥ parama-bhāgavatā ekāntino bhagavati sarva- bhūta-priya-suhṛdi sarvātmani nitarām nirantaram nirvṛta-manasaḥ katham u ha vā ete madhumathana punaḥ svārtha-kuśalā hy ātma- priya-suhṛdaḥ sādhavas tvac-caraṇāmbujānusevām visṛjanti na yatra punar ayam saṁsāra-paryāvartaḥ.
atha ha—therefore; vāva—indeed; tava—Your; mahima—of glories; amṛta—of the nectar; rasa—of the mellow; samudra—of the ocean; vipruṣā—by a drop; sakṛt—only once; avaliḍhayā—tasted; sva- manasi—in his mind; niṣyandamāna—flowing; anavarata—con- tinuously; sukhena—by the transcendental bliss; vismārita—forgotten; dṛṣṭa—from material sight; śruta—and sound; viṣaya-sukha—of the material happiness; leśa-ābhāsāḥ—the dim reflection of a tiny portion; parama-bhāgavatāḥ—great, exalted devotees; ekāntinaḥ—who have faith only in the Supreme Lord and nothing else; bhagavati—in the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sarva-bhūta—to all living entities; priya—who is dearmost; suhṛdi—the friend; sarva-ātmani—the Super- soul of all; nitarām—completely; nirantaram—continuously; nirvṛta— with happiness; manasaḥ—those whose minds; katham—how; u ha— then; vā—or; ete—these; madhu-mathana—O killer of the Madhu demon; punaḥ—again; sva-artha-kuśalāḥ—who are expert in the in- terest of life; hi—indeed; ātma-priya-suhṛdaḥ—who have accepted You as the Supersoul, dearmost lover and friend; sādhavaḥ—the devotees; tvat-caraṇa-ambuja-anusevām—service to the lotus feet of Your Lord- ship; visṛjanti—can give up; na—not; yatra—wherein; punaḥ—again; ayam—this; saṁsāra-paryāvartaḥ—repetition of birth and death within the material world.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, O killer of the Madhu demon, incessant transcen- dental bliss flows in the minds of those who have even once tasted