Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 86: Arjuna Kidnaps Subhadrā, and Kṛṣṇa Blesses His Devotees

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.86.57

tasmād brahma-ṛṣīn etān

brahman mac-chraddhayārcaya

evaḿ ced arcito 'smy addhā

nānyathā bhūri-bhūtibhiḥ

SYNONYMS

tasmāt — therefore; brahma-ṛṣīnbrāhmaṇa sages; etān — these; brahmanO brāhmaṇa (Śrutadeva); mat — (as you have) for Me; śraddhayā — with faith; arcaya — just worship; evam — thus; cet — if (you do); arcitaḥ — worshiped; asmiI will be; addhā — directly; na — not; anyathā — otherwise; bhūri — vast; bhūtibhiḥ — with riches.

TRANSLATION

Therefore you should worship these brāhmaṇa sages, O brāhmaṇa, with the same faith you have in Me. If you do so, you will worship Me directly, which you cannot do otherwise, even with offerings of vast riches.

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