SB 1.5.19

न वै जनो जातु कथञ्चनाव्रजेन्मुकुन्दसेव्यन्यवदङ्ग संसृतिम् ।
स्मरन्मुकुन्दाङ्घ्र्युपगूहनं पुनर्विहातुमिच्छेन्न रसग्रहो जनः ॥ १९ ॥
na vai jano jātu kathañcanāvrajen
mukunda-sevy anyavad aṅga saṁsṛtim
smaran mukundāṅghry-upagūhanaṁ punar
vihātum icchen na rasa-graho janaḥ

Synonyms

aṅga — my dear [Vyāsa]; janaḥ — a person; mukunda-sevī — who is a servant of Bhagavān Mukunda [Kṛṣṇa]; na vai āvrajet — certainly never reenters [or is never re-immersed in (naiva āviśet)71]; saṁsṛtim — worldly existence; anyavat — like others [who are intent only on conditional action (kevala-karma-niṣṭha-vat)]; jātu — at any time [kadācit]; kathañcana — [and] in whatever manner [even if having taken a lower birth (kuyoniṁ gato’pi)]; smaran — on remembering; punaḥ — anew; upagūhanam — his having mentally embraced [manasā pariṣvaṅgam72]; mukunda-aṅghri — the lotus feet of Bhagavān Mukunda; na icchet — he would never wish; vihātum — to give them up; [since (yataḥ)]; [ayam] janaḥ — [such] a person; rasa-grahaḥ — has been taken hold of by their unique aesthetic relishability [(rasena rasanīyena gṛhyate vaśīkriyate), meaning that his ardor is solely for the very object of aesthetic relish (rasanīye graha āgraho yasya)].

Translation

My dear [Vyāsa], a person who is a servant of Bhagavān Mukunda [Kṛṣṇa] certainly never reenters worldly existence like others, at any time and in whatever manner. On remembering anew his having mentally embraced the lotus feet of Bhagavān Mukunda, he would never wish to give them up, since such a person has been taken hold of by their unique aesthetic relishability.

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