Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu
by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī | 180,912 words
The English translation of the Sri Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu verse 1.2.213 ; 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 1.2.213
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation:
श्रुता स्मृता कीर्तिता च वाञ्छिता प्रेक्षिता गता ।
स्पृष्टा श्रिता सेविता च मथुराभीष्टदा नृणाम् ।
इति ख्यातं पुराणेषु न विस्तार-भियोच्यते ॥१.२.२१३ ॥śrutā smṛtā kīrtitā ca vāñchitā prekṣitā gatā |
spṛṣṭā śritā sevitā ca mathurābhīṣṭadā nṛṇām |
iti khyātaṃ purāṇeṣu na vistāra-bhiyocyate ||1.2.213 ||
English translation
“Hearing about, remembering, glorifying, desiring, seeing, visiting, touching, taking shelter and serving Mathurā fulfills all the desires of human beings. This has been described in all the Purāṇas. I have not elaborated this here for fear of increasing the volume of this book.”