SB 10.85.40 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

दर्शनं वां हि भूतानां दुष्प्रापं चाप्यदुर्लभम् । रजस्तम:स्वभावानां यन्न: प्राप्तौ यद‍ृच्छया ॥ ४० ॥

Verse text

darśanaṁ vāṁ hi bhūtānāṁ duṣprāpaṁ cāpy adurlabham rajas-tamaḥ-svabhāvānāṁ yan naḥ prāptau yadṛcchayā

Synonyms

darśanam — the vision ; vām — of You two ; hi — indeed ; bhūtānām — for living beings in general ; duṣprāpam — rarely achieved ; ca api — yet still ; adurlabham — not difficult to obtain ; rajaḥ — in passion ; tamaḥ — and ignorance ; svabhāvānām — for those whose natures ; yat — in that ; naḥ — by us ; prāptau — obtained ; yadṛcchayā — causelessly .

Translation

Seeing You Lords is a rare achievement for most living beings. But even persons like us, situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, can easily see You when You reveal Yourself by Your own sweet will.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Seeing You Lords is a rare achievement for most living beings. But even persons like us, situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, can easily see You when You reveal Yourself by Your own sweet will. KB 10.85.40 “My dear Lords, it is very difficult for the living entities to get to see You, yet when You are merciful upon Your devotees You are easy for them to see. As such, only out of Your causeless mercy have You agreed to come here and be visible to us, who are generally influenced by the qualities of ignorance and passion.

Purport

By ascribing to himself the degraded status of a demoniac birth, Bali Mahārāja denied any spiritual qualification for being visited by Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma. What to speak of demons like himself, Bali thought, even advanced renunciants on the paths of jṣāna and yoga fail to please the Lord when they do not give up their pride and envy.

Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Seeing you two, which is hard to attain has become easily attained (adurlabham), for us asuras, whose nature is raja and tama, because it has been attained by itself (not by our effort).

Purport (Jiva Goswami)

Hi means certainly. Ca also means api. Thus the verse “Certainly seeing you two is difficult to achieve but also not difficult to achieve when, by your will, you accept to see us.”

Purport (Sanatana Goswami)

Hi means certainly. Ca also means api. Thus the verse “Certainly seeing you two is difficult to achieve but also not difficult to achieve when, by your will, you consent to see us.” Or previously you were difficult to attain, but now easy to attain, since you are more merciful than before, manifesting unlimited powers.