Sanskrit, transliteration, word meanings, and translation for steady Bhāgavata reading.
Sanskrit
प्रायेण देव मुनय: स्वविमुक्तिकामा
मौनं चरन्ति विजने न परार्थनिष्ठा: ।
नैतान्विहाय कृपणान्विमुमुक्ष एको
नान्यं त्वदस्य शरणं भ्रमतोऽनुपश्ये ॥ ४४ ॥
Transliteration
prāyeṇa deva munayaḥ sva-vimukti-kāmā
maunaṁ caranti vijane na parārtha-niṣṭhāḥ
naitān vihāya kṛpaṇān vimumukṣa eko
nānyaṁ tvad asya śaraṇaṁ bhramato ’nupaśye
Synonyms
prāyeṇa — generally, in almost all cases; deva — O my Lord; munayaḥ — the great saintly persons; sva — personal, own; vimukti-kāmāḥ — ambitious for liberation from this material world; maunam — silently; caranti — they wander (in places like the Himālayan forests, where they have no touch with the activities of the materialists); vijane — in solitary places; na — not; para-artha-niṣṭhāḥ — interested in working for others by giving them the benefit of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement, by enlightening them with Kṛṣṇa consciousness; na — not; etān — these; vihāya — leaving aside; kṛpaṇān — fools and rascals (engaged in materialistic activity who do not know the benefit of the human form of life); vimumukṣe — I desire to be liberated and to return home, back to Godhead; ekaḥ — alone; na — not; anyam — other; tvat — but for You; asya — of this; śaraṇam — shelter; bhramataḥ — of the living entity rotating and wandering throughout the material universes; anupaśye — do I see.
Translation
My dear Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva, I see that there are many saintly persons indeed, but they are interested only in their own deliverance. Not caring for the big cities and towns, they go to the Himālayas or the forest to meditate with vows of silence [mauna-vrata]. They are not interested in delivering others. As for me, however, I do not wish to be liberated alone, leaving aside all these poor fools and rascals. I know that without Kṛṣṇa consciousness, without taking shelter of Your lotus feet, one cannot be happy. Therefore I wish to bring them back to shelter at Your lotus feet.
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