SB 10.38.21

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Tenth Canto - Chapter 38: Akrūra's Arrival in Vṛndāvana

SB 10.38.20 - SB 10.38.22

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

TEXT 21

labdhvāṅga-saṅgam praṇatam kṛtāñjaliṁ

māṁ vakṣyate 'krūra tatety uruśravāḥ

tadā vayaṁ janma-bhṛto mahīyasā

naivādṛto yo dhig amuṣya janma tat

SYNONYMS

labdhvā — having achieved; aṅga-saṅgam — physical contact; praṇatam — who am standing with head bowed; kṛta-añjalim — with palms joined together in supplication; mām — to me; vakṣyate — He will speak; akrūra — O Akrūra; tata — My dear relative; iti — in such words; uruśravāḥ — Lord Kṛṣṇa, whose fame is vast; tadā — then; vayam — we; janma-bhṛtaḥ — our birth becoming successful; mahīyasā — by the greatest of all persons; na — not; eva — indeed; ādṛtaḥ — honored; yaḥ — who; dhik — to be pitied; amuṣya — his; janma — birth; tat — that.

Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda

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TRANSLATION

Having been embraced by the all-famous Lord Kṛṣṇa, I will humbly stand before Him with bowed head and joined palms, and He will address me, "My dear Akrūra." At that very moment my life's purpose will be fulfilled. Indeed, the life of anyone whom the Supreme Personality fails to recognize is simply pitiable.

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