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CC Madhya 24.278



His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada



TEXT 278

"aho dhanyo 'si devarṣe
kṛpayā yasya tat-kṣaṇāt
nīco 'py utpulako lebhe
lubdhako ratim acyute"


SYNONYMS

aho — oh; dhanyaḥ — glorified; asi — you are; deva-ṛṣe — O sage among the demigods; kṛpayā — by the mercy; yasya — of whom; tat-kṣaṇāt — immediately; nīcaḥ api — even though one is the lowest of men; utpulakaḥ — becoming agitated in ecstatic love; lebhe — gets; lubdhakaḥ — a hunter; ratim — attraction; acyute — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead.


TRANSLATION

"Parvata Muni continued, 'My dear friend Nārada Muni, you are glorified as the sage among the demigods. By your mercy, even a lowborn person like this hunter can immediately become attached to Lord Kṛṣṇa.'


PURPORT

A pure Vaiṣṇava believes in the statements of the śāstras. This verse is quoted from the Vedic literature, the Skanda Purāṇa.