Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.38.4

mamaitad durlabham manya

uttamah-sloka-darsanam

visayatmano yatha brahma-

kirtanam sudra-janmanah

SYNONYMS

mama -- my; etat -- this; durlabham -- difficult to achieve; manye -- I consider; uttamah-sloka -- of the Supreme Lord, who is praised in the best poetry; darsanam -- the audience; visaya-atmanah -- for one who is absorbed in sense gratification; yatha -- just as; brahma -- of the Vedas; kirtanam -- chanting; sudra -- as a low-class man; janmanah -- by one who has taken his birth.

TRANSLATION

Since I am a materialistic person absorbed simply in sense gratification, I think it is as difficult for me to have gotten this opportunity to see Lord Uttamahsloka as it would be for one born a sudra to be allowed to recite the Vedic mantras.

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