This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (SB 5.14.44) concerning the glorification of King Bharata, whom Śukadeva Gosvāmī was describing to King Parīkṣit.
King Bharata did not desire such things, and this was quite befitting his position, because for a pure devotee whose mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, even liberation, or merging into the existence of the Lord, is insignificant
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"King Bharata did not desire such things, and this was quite befitting his position, because for a pure devotee whose mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, even liberation, or merging into the existence of the Lord, is insignificant"
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta
CC Madhya-lila
“‘It is very difficult to give up material opulence, land, children, society, friends, riches, wife or the blessings of the goddess of fortune, which are desired even by great demigods. But King Bharata did not desire such things, and this was quite befitting his position, because for a pure devotee whose mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, even liberation, or merging into the existence of the Lord, is insignificant. And what to speak of material opportunities?’.
“‘It is very difficult to give up material opulence, land, children, society, friends, riches, wife or the blessings of the goddess of fortune, which are desired even by great demigods. But King Bharata did not desire such things, and this was quite befitting his position, because for a pure devotee whose mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, even liberation, or merging into the existence of the Lord, is insignificant. And what to speak of material opportunities?’
- Bharata
- Did Not
- Desires of a Devotee of God
- Thing
- Quite
- Befitting
- Position of a Devotee of God
- Because
- Pure Devotees of God
- Whose
- Mind of a Devotee of God
- The Mind of a Devotee of God is Always Engaged in Devotional Service to God
- Always
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta - 62 Chapters
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 25 Chapters
- Engagements of a Devotee of God
- Engaging in God's Service
- Liberation of a Devotee of God
- Merge
- God's Existence
- Insignificance
- Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila Chapter 09 - Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places
Page Title: | King Bharata did not desire such things, and this was quite befitting his position, because for a pure devotee whose mind is always engaged in the service of the Lord, even liberation, or merging into the existence of the Lord, is insignificant |
Compiler: | HanumanIC |
Created: | 2017-05-30, 23:28:24 |
Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 1 |