SB 9.4.17 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

वासुदेवे भगवति तद्भक्तेषु च साधुषु ।

प्राप्तो भावं परं विश्वं येनेदं लोष्ट्रवत् स्मृतम् ॥ १७ ॥

Verse text

vāsudeve bhagavati

tad-bhakteṣu ca sādhuṣu

prāpto bhāvaṁ paraṁ viśvaṁ

yenedaṁ loṣṭravat smṛtam

Synonyms

vāsudeve — unto the all-pervading Supreme Personality ; bhagavati — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead ; tat-bhakteṣu — unto His devotees ; ca — also ; sādhuṣu — unto the saintly persons ; prāptaḥ — one who has achieved ; bhāvam — reverence and devotion ; param — transcendental ; viśvam — the whole material universe ; yena — by which (spiritual consciousness) ; idam — this ; loṣṭra-vat — as insignificant as a piece of stone ; smṛtam — is accepted (by such devotees).

Translation

Mahārāja Ambarīṣa was a great devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, and of the saintly persons who are the Lord’s devotees. Because of this devotion, he thought of the entire universe as being as insignificant as a piece of stone.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

He had the highest devotion for the Supreme Lord Vāsudeva and his devotees, because of which he considered the whole world to be as worthless as stone. By that high prema, he considered the whole world to be like stone.