220507 Brahma-stuti, Verse 8: How Can We Inherit Krishna?

Lecture given at Krishna Caitanya´s and Gopal Nandini’s House, North Carolina on May 7, 2022

Brahma-stuti, Verse 8: How Can We Inherit Krishna?

ŚB 10.14.8

तत्तेऽनुकम्पां सुसमीक्षमाणो

भुञ्जान एवात्मकृतं विपाकम् ।

हृद्वाग्वपुर्भिर्विदधन्नमस्ते

जीवेत यो मुक्तिपदे स दायभाक् ॥ ८ ॥

tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo

bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te

jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk

Translation

My dear Lord, one who earnestly waits for You to bestow Your causeless mercy upon him, all the while patiently suffering the reactions of his past misdeeds and offering You respectful obeisances with his heart, words and body, is surely eligible for liberation, for it has become his rightful claim.