🪷 ŚB 6.2.33

Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.

Sanskrit

अन्यथा म्रियमाणस्य नाशुचेर्वृषलीपते: । वैकुण्ठनामग्रहणं जिह्वा वक्तुमिहार्हति ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

anyathā mriyamāṇasya nāśucer vṛṣalī-pateḥ vaikuṇṭha-nāma-grahaṇaṁ jihvā vaktum ihārhati
Synonyms
anyathā — otherwise; mriyamāṇasya — of a person who is just ready for death; na — not; aśuceḥ — most unclean; vṛṣalī-pateḥ — the keeper of a prostitute; vaikuṇṭha — of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha; nāma-grahaṇam — the chanting of the holy name; jihvā — the tongue; vaktum — to speak; iha — in this situation; arhati — is able.

Translation

Were it not for my past devotional service, how could I, a most unclean keeper of a prostitute, have gotten an opportunity to chant the holy name of Vaikuṇṭhapati when I was just ready to die? Certainly it could not have been possible.

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