Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 1.2.194 ; a medieval era Sanskrit book, written by Rupa Goswami (fl. 15th century) which represents a devotional (bhakti) masterpiece. In this work Goswami describes the nature and different forms of pure love (rasa) as well as various other topics on Vaishnavism and devotion.
Verse 1.2.194
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
अथ आत्म-निवेदनं, यथा एकादशे (११.२९.३४) —
मर्त्यो यदा त्यक्त-समस्त-कर्मा
निवेदितात्मा विचिकीर्षितो मे ।
तदामृतत्वं प्रतिपद्यमानो
मयात्म-भूयाया च कल्पते वै ॥१.२.१९४ ॥atha ātma-nivedanaṃ, yathā ekādaśe (11.29.34) —
martyo yadā tyakta-samasta-karmā
niveditātmā vicikīrṣito me |
tadāmṛtatvaṃ pratipadyamāno
mayātma-bhūyāyā ca kalpate vai ||1.2.194 ||
English translation
Offering the self, as illustrated in the Eleventh Canto of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam [11.29.34]:
“A person who gives up all fruitive activities and offers himself entirely unto Me, eagerly desiring to render service unto Me, achieves liberation from birth and death and is promoted to the status of sharing My own opulences.”