CC Antya 5.48 (1975)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Below is the 1996 edition text, ready to be substituted with the 1975 one using the compile form.
TEXT 48
- vikrīḍitaṁ vraja-vadhūbhir idaṁ ca viṣṇoḥ
- śraddhānvito ‘nuśṛṇuyād atha varṇayed yaḥ
- bhaktiṁ parāṁ bhagavati pratilabhya kāmaṁ
- hṛd-rogam āśv apahinoty acireṇa dhīraḥ
SYNONYMS
vikrīḍitam—the activity of the rāsa dance; vraja-vadhūbhiḥ—the damsels of Vraja, the gopīs; idam—this; ca—and; viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Kṛṣṇa; śraddhā-anvitaḥ—with transcendental faith; anuśṛṇuyāt—continually hears in the paramparā system; atha—also; varṇayet—describes; yaḥ—one who; bhaktim—devotional service; parām—transcendental; bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pratilabhya—attaining; kāmam—lusty material desires; hṛt-rogam—the disease of the heart; āśu—very soon; apahinoti—gives up; acireṇa—without delay; dhīraḥ—one who is sober because of advanced devotional service.
TRANSLATION
“‘A transcendentally sober person who, with faith and love, continually hears from a realized soul about the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa in His rāsa dance with the gopīs, or one who describes such activities, can attain full transcendental devotional service at the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus lusty material desires, which are the heart disease of all materialistic persons, are for him quickly and completely vanquished.’
PURPORT
All the activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa are transcendental, and the gopīs are also transcendentally situated. Therefore the activities of the gopīs and Lord Kṛṣṇa, if seriously understood, will certainly free one from material attachment. Then there is no possibility that lusty material desires will awaken.