sÄdhanaughair anÄsaá¹…gair
alabhyÄ su-cirÄd api
hariá¹‡Ä cÄÅ›v adeyeti
dvidhÄ sÄ syÄt su-durlabhÄ

 sÄdhana - activities of devotional service; oghaiḥ - by masses of; anÄsaá¹…gaiḥ - without attachment; alabhyÄ - very difficult to achieve; su-cirÄt api - even after a considerable duration of time; hariá¹‡Ä - by the Supreme Lord; ca - also; ÄÅ›u - very soon; adeyÄ - not to be delivered; iti - thus; dvidhÄ - two ways;  - that; syÄt - is; su-durlabhÄ - very difficult to obtain.


Text

“ ‘Devotional perfection is very difficult to attain for two reasons. First, unless one is attached to Kṛṣṇa, he cannot attain devotional perfection even if he renders devotional service for a long time. Second, Kṛṣṇa does not easily deliver perfection in devotional service.’

Purport

As stated in ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (5.6.18), muktiá¹ dadÄti karhicit. ÅšrÄ«la Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« told MahÄrÄja ParÄ«ká¹£it that Kṛṣṇa readily grants liberation but does not very readily grant perfection in devotional service. This means that Kṛṣṇa wants to see that a devotee is actually sincere and serious and that he does not have ulterior motives. If this is the case, devotional service can very easily be successful; otherwise it is very difficult to obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This verse appears in the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (1.1.35).