Chapter 38
देहंभृतामियानर्थो हित्वा दम्भं भियं शुचम् । सन्देशाद् यो हरेर्लिङ्गदर्शनश्रवणादिभि: ॥ २७ ॥
Transliteration
dehaṁ-bhṛtām iyān artho hitvā dambhaṁ bhiyaṁ śucam sandeśād yo harer liṅga- darśana-śravaṇādibhiḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
deham-bhṛtām — of embodied beings; iyān — this much; arthaḥ — the goal of life; hitvā — giving up; dambham — pride; bhiyam — fear; śucam — and sorrow; sandeśāt — beginning from his being ordered (by Kaṁsa); yaḥ — which; hareḥ — of Lord Kṛṣṇa; liṅga — the signs; darśana — with the seeing; śravaṇa — hearing about; ādibhiḥ — and so on.
Translation
“The very goal of life for all embodied beings is this ecstasy, which Akrūra experienced when, upon receiving Kaṁsa’s order, he put aside all pride, fear and lamentation and absorbed himself in seeing, hearing and describing the things that reminded him of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”