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śreyaḥ kalpa-taroḥ phalaṃ suvimalaṃ ratnaṃ tayi-vāridher
mūlaṃ jñāna-mahīruhasya paramānandāmbudher nirjhvaraḥ
saṃ sārārṇava-pāra-setur amṛtārohasya niḥśreṇikā
duṣprāpyaṃ hari-bhaktir uttama-dhanaṃ kāmyaṃ na keṣām iha

śreyaḥ—best; kalpa—taroḥ—of the desire tree; phalam—fruit; suvimalam—pure and splendid; ratnam—jewel; trayī-vāridheḥ—of the ocean of three Vedas; mūlam—the root; jñāna—of transcendental knowledge; mahīruhasya—of the tree; parama—transcendental; ānanda—of bliss; ambudheḥ—of the ocean; nirgharaḥ—swiftly moving current; samsāra—of material existence; arṇava—of the ocean; pāra—t the other shore; setuḥ—the bridge; amṛta—to spiritual nectar; arohasya—of the ascending; niḥśreṇikā—the staircase; duṣprāpyam—difficult to attain; hari—of Lord Hari; bhaktiḥ—the devotional service; uttama—ultimate; dhanam—wealth; kāmyam—desireable; na—not; keṣām—by whom?; iha—here in this world.

Devotional service to Lord Hari (hari-bhakti) is the fruit of the best of spiritual desire-trees, the ultimate jewel attained from the ocean of the three Vedas, the root of the treeof transcendental knowledge, the swiftyly moving current of the ocean of spiritual bliss, the bridge that enables one to cross tothe far shore of the ocean of birth and death, the staircase leading up to the realm of spiritual nectar, and the ultimatetreasure. In this world, who would not asire to attain it?