SB 10.38.4

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

SB 10.38.3

SB 10.38.5

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 4

mamaitad durlabhaṁ manya
uttamaḥ-śloka-darśanam
viṣayātmano yathā brahma-
kīrtanaṁ śūdra-janmanaḥ

SYNONYMS

mama—my; etat—this; durlabham—difficult to achieve; manye—I consider; uttamaḥ-śloka—of the Supreme Lord, who is praised in the best poetry; darśanam—the audience; viṣaya-ātmanaḥ—for one who is absorbed in sense gratification; yathā—just as; brahma—of the Vedas; kīrtanam—chanting; śūdra—as a low-class man; janmanaḥ—by one who has taken his birth.

TRANSLATION

Since I am a materialistic person absorbed simply in sense gratification, I think it is as difficult for me to have gotten this opportunity to see Lord Uttamaḥśloka as it would be for one born a śūdra to be allowed to recite the Vedic mantras.