Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.12.12

yat-pāda-pāmsur bahu-janma-kricchrato

dhritātmabhir yogibhir apy alabhyah

sa eva yad-drig-vishayah svayam sthitah

kim varnyate dishtam ato vrajaukasām

SYNONYMS

yat — whose; pāda-pāmsuh — dust of the lotus feet; bahu-janma — in many births; kricchratah — from undergoing severe austerities and penances as a way of practicing yoga, meditation, etc.; dhrita-ātmabhih — by persons able to control the mind; yogibhih — by such yogīs (jña-na-yogīs, rāja-yogīs, dhyāna-yogīs, etc.); api — indeed; alabhyah — cannot be achieved; sah — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; eva — indeed; yat-drik-vishayah — has become the object of direct vision, face to face; svayam — personally; sthitah — present in front of them; kim — what; varnyate — can be described; dishtam — about the fortune; atah — therefore; vraja-okasām — of the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, Vrindāvana.

TRANSLATION

Yogīs may undergo severe austerities and penances for many births by practicing yama, niyama, āsana and prānāyāma, none of which are easily performed. Yet in due course of time, when these yogīs attain the perfection of controlling the mind, they will still be unable to taste even a particle of dust from the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. What then can we describe about the great fortune of the inhabitants of Vrajabhūmi, Vrindāvana, with whom the Supreme Personality of Godhead personally lived and who saw the Lord face to face?

PURPORT

We can simply imagine the great fortune of the inhabitants of Vrindāvana. It is impossible to describe how, after many, many births of pious activities, they have become so fortunate.

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