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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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नातिप्रसीदद्धृदयः सरस्वत्यास्तटे शुचौ वितर्कयन्विविक्तस्थ इदं चोवाच धर्मवित्
nātiprasīdad-dhṛdayaḥ sarasvatyās taṭe śucau vitarkayan vivikta-stha idaṁ covāca dharma-vit
WORD BY WORD
na not; atiprasīdat very much satisfied; hṛdayaḥ at heart; sarasvatyāḥ of the river Sarasvatī; taṭe on the bank of; śucau being purified; vitarkayan having considered; vivikta-sthaḥ situated in a lonely place; idam ca also this; uvāca said; dharma-vit one who knows what religion is;
TRANSLATION
| Thus the sage, being dissatisfied at heart, at once began to reflect, because he knew the essence of religion, and he said within himself:
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PURPORT
| The sage began to search out the cause of not being satisfied at heart. Perfection is never attained until one is satisfied at heart. This satisfaction of heart has to be searched out beyond matter.
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