Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.88.30

yadi naḥ śravaṇāyālaḿ

yuṣmad-vyavasitaḿ vibho

bhaṇyatāḿ prāyaśaḥ pumbhir

dhṛtaiḥ svārthān samīhate

SYNONYMS

yadi — if; naḥ — Our; śravaṇāya — for the hearing; alam — suitable; yuṣmat — your; vyavasitam — intention; vibho — O powerful one; bhaṇyatām — please tell; prāyaśaḥ — usually; pumbhiḥ — with persons; dhṛtaiḥ — taken help of; sva — one's own; arthān — purposes; samīhate — one accomplishes.

TRANSLATION

O mighty one, please tell Us what you intend to do, if We are qualified to hear it. Usually one accomplishes his purposes by taking help from others.

PURPORT

Even an envious demon will not refuse the help of a brāhmaṇa's potency to gain his ends.

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