Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by 艢r墨la R奴pa Gosv膩m墨 | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 1.4.10; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 1.4.10
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
啶ぅ 啶忇啶距う啶多 (啷оェ.啷оエ.啷�) 鈥�
啶む 啶ㄠぞ啶о啶�-啶多啶班啶むた-啶椸ぃ啶� 啶ㄠ啶ぞ啶膏た啶�-啶す啶む啶むぎ啶距 啷�
啶呧さ啷嵿ぐ啶むぞ啶むお啷嵿い-啶むお啶膏 啶い啷�-啶膏啷嵿啶距え啷� 啶ぞ啶 啶夃お啶距啶むぞ啶� 啷ムェ.啷�.啷оウ啷�yatha ek膩da艣e (11.12.7) 鈥�
te n膩dh墨ta-艣ruti-ga峁嚹� nop膩sita-mahattam膩岣� |
avrat膩tapta-tapasa岣� mat-sa峁単膩n m膩m up膩gat膩岣� ||1.4.10||
English translation
Prema arising from the great mercy of the Lord is explained in the Eleventh Canto of 艢谤墨尘补诲-叠丑腻驳补惫补迟补尘 [11.12.7]:
鈥淭he persons I have mentioned did not undergo serious studies of the Vedic literature, nor did they worship great saintly persons, nor did they execute severe vows or austerities. Simply by association with Me and My devotees, they achieved Me.鈥�