Chapter 19
एतदेव हि देवा गायन्ति— अहो अमीषां किमकारि शोभनं प्रसन्न एषां स्विदुत स्वयं हरि: । यैर्जन्म लब्धं नृषु भारताजिरे मुकुन्दसेवौपयिकं स्पृहा हि न: ॥ २१ ॥
Transliteration
etad eva hi devā gāyanti — aho amīṣāṁ kim akāri śobhanaṁ prasanna eṣāṁ svid uta svayaṁ hariḥ yair janma labdhaṁ nṛṣu bhāratājire mukunda-sevaupayikaṁ spṛhā hi naḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
etat — this; eva — indeed; hi — certainly; devāḥ — all the demigods; gāyanti — chant; aho — oh; amīṣām — of these inhabitants of Bhāratavarṣa; kim — what; akāri — was done; śobhanam — pious, beautiful activities; prasannaḥ — pleased; eṣām — upon them; svit — or; uta — it is said; svayam — personally; hariḥ — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; yaiḥ — by whom; janma — birth; labdham — obtained; nṛṣu — in human society; bhārata-ajire — in the courtyard of Bhārata-varṣa; mukunda — the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who can offer liberation; sevā-aupayikam — which is the means of serving; spṛhā — desire; hi — indeed; naḥ — our.
Translation
“Since the human form of life is the sublime position for spiritual realization, all the demigods in heaven speak in this way: How wonderful it is for these human beings to have been born in the land of Bhārata-varṣa. They must have executed pious acts of austerity in the past, or the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself must have been pleased with them. Otherwise, how could they engage in devotional service in so many ways? We demigods can only aspire to achieve human births in Bhārata-varṣa to execute devotional service, but these human beings are already engaged there.”