Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 47: The Song of the Bee

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.47.5

anyathā go-vraje tasya

smaraṇīyaḿ na cakṣmahe

snehānubandho bandhūnāḿ

muner api su-dustyajaḥ

SYNONYMS

anyathā — otherwise; go-vrajein the cow pasture; tasya — for Him; smaraṇīyam — that which is worth remembering; na cakṣmahe — we do not see; sneha — of affection; anubandhaḥ — the attachment; bandhūnāmto relatives; muneḥ — for a sage; api — even; su-dustyajaḥ — very difficult to abandon.

TRANSLATION

We see nothing else He might consider worth remembering in these cow pastures of Vraja. Indeed, the bonds of affection for one's family members are difficult to break, even for a sage.

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