Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 15/01/2014 - 17/01/2014

SB 3.23.42

kim durapadanam tesam

pumsam uddama-cetasam

yair asritas tirtha-padas

carano vyasanatyayah

 

kim—what; durapadanam—difficult to achieve; tesam—for those; pumsam—men; uddama-cetasam—who are determined; yaih—by whom; asritah—taken refuge; tirtha-padah—of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; caranah—feet; vyasana-atyayah—which vanquish dangers.

 

What is difficult to achieve for determined men who have taken refuge of the Supreme Personality of Godhead's lotus feet? His feet are the source of sacred rivers like the Ganges, which put an end to the dangers of mundane life.

Maitreya

SB 3.23.55

sango yah samsrter hetur

asatsu vihito 'dhiya

sa eva sadhusu krto

nihsangatvaya kalpate

 

sangah—association; yah—which; samsrteh—of the cycle of birth and death; hetuh—the cause; asatsu—with those engaged in sense gratification; vihitah—done; adhiya—through ignorance; sah—the same thing; eva—certainly; sadhusu—with saintly persons; krtah—performed; nihsangatvaya—to liberation; kalpate—leads.

 

Association for sense gratification is certainly the path of bondage. But the same type of association, performed with a saintly person, leads to the path of liberation, even if performed without knowledge.

Devahuti