Devanagari
देवानां शुद्धसत्त्वानामृषीणां चामलात्मनाम् ।
भक्तिर्मुकुन्दचरणे न प्रायेणोपजायते ॥ २ ॥
Verse text
devānāṁ śuddha-sattvānām
ṛṣīṇāṁ cāmalātmanām
bhaktir mukunda-caraṇe
na prāyeṇopajāyate
Synonyms
devānām
—
of the demigods
;
śuddha-sattvānām
—
whose minds are purified
;
ṛṣīṇām
—
of great saintly persons
;
ca
—
and
;
amala-ātmanām
—
who have purified their existence
;
bhaktiḥ
—
devotional service
;
mukunda-caraṇe
—
to the lotus feet of Mukunda, the Lord, who can give liberation
;
na
—
not
;
prāyeṇa
—
almost always
;
upajāyate
—
develops.
Translation
Demigods situated in the mode of goodness and great saints cleansed of the dirt of material enjoyment hardly ever render pure devotional service at the lotus feet of Mukunda. [Therefore how could Vṛtrāsura have become such a great devotee?]
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Bhakti to the Lord’s lotus feet rarely develops even in the devatās with minds in sattva-guṇa and in pure sages.
Śuddha-sattvānām means in those with antaḥkaraṇas having sattva-guṇa. Jṣāna develops on its own after purification of antaḥkaraṇa. This is not so with bhakti, since without association of devotees bhakti does not appear.