SB 1.6.24

सत्सेवयादीर्घयापि जाता मयि दृढा मतिः ।
हित्वावद्यमिमं लोकं गन्ता मज्जनतामसि ॥ २४ ॥
sat-sevayādīrghayāpi jātā mayi dṛḍhā matiḥ
hitvāvadyam imaṁ lokaṁ gantā maj-janatām asi

Synonyms

sat-sevayā — by service to devotees established in authentic being; adīrghayā api — even for a brief period of time [alpayāpi96]; dṛḍhā — resolute; matiḥ — devotional regard; mayi — for Me; jātā — was born; [to or within you (tava)]; [the fruit of such mati is now stated (mateḥ phalam āha hitveti)97]; hitvā — upon giving up [tyaktvā]; imam — this; avadyam — imperfect [or reprehensible (nindyam);98 because it is made of flesh and subject to the influences of action and time (māṁsādi-caya-rūpatvāt karma-kālādi-vaśyatvāc ca)99]; lokam — material body [(deham);100 or the tripartite world that is the residential abode for worldly conditioned beings (sāṁsārika-janāvāsaṁ tribhuvanam eva)]; gantā asi — you will attain [gamiṣyasi]; mat-janatām — to the existential state of being an associate of Mine [mat-pārṣadatām101]; [here, by stating that the reprehensible body is given up, it is implied that the bodies of Bhagavān’s liberated associates are transphenomenal in nature and that they are beyond the influences of karma and so on (avadyaṁ hitvety anena bhagavat-pārṣada-dehānām aprākṛtatvaṁ karmādy anadhīnatvaṁ ca sūcitam)102].

Translation

By service to devotees established in authentic being even for a brief period of time, resolute devotional regard for Me was born within you. Upon giving up this imperfect material body, you will attain to the existential state of being an associate of Mine.

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