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ŚB 11.6.45

Devanagari

शय्यासनाटनस्थानस्न‍ानक्रीडाशनादिषु ।
कथं त्वां प्रियमात्मानं वयं भक्तास्त्यजेमहि ॥ ४५ ॥

Text

śayyāsanāṭana-sthāna-
snāna-krīḍāśanādiṣu
kathaṁ tvāṁ priyam ātmānaṁ
vayaṁ bhaktās tyajema hi

Synonyms

sayyā — in lying down; āsana — sitting; aṭana — walking; sthāna — standing; snāna — bathing; krīḍā — taking recreation; āsana — eating; ādiṣu — and other activities; katham — how; tvām — You; priyam — dear; ātmānam — Self; vayam — we; bhaktāḥ — Your devotees; tyajema — can reject; hi — indeed.

Translation

My dear Lord, You are the Supreme Soul, and thus You are most dear to us. We are Your devotees, and how can we possibly reject You or live without You even for a moment? Whether we are lying down, sitting, walking, standing, bathing, enjoying recreation, eating or doing anything else, we are constantly engaged in Your service.

Purport

One should be constantly engaged in the service of Lord Kṛṣṇa. By hearing about Kṛṣṇa and by serving Him, we can give up the illusion of trying to enjoy something separately from the Supreme Lord. If we neglect such hearing and serving, our minds will become bewildered by the illusory energy of the Lord, and seeing the world as separate from Kṛṣṇa, we will take it as a place meant for our own sense gratification. This gross ignorance brings nothing but trouble to the living entity.