Devanagari
श्रीभगवानुवाच
अहो वयं जन्मभृतो लब्धं कार्त्स्न्येन तत्फलम् ।
देवानामपि दुष्प्रापं यद् योगेश्वरदर्शनम् ॥ ९ ॥
Verse text
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
aho vayaṁ janma-bhṛto
labdhaṁ kārtsnyena tat-phalam
devānām api duṣprāpaṁ
yad yogeśvara-darśanam
Synonyms
śrī
—
bhagavān uvāca — the Supreme Lord said
;
aho
—
ah
;
vayam
—
we
;
janma
—
bhṛtaḥ — having taken birth successfully
;
labdham
—
obtained
;
kārtsnyena
—
altogether
;
tat
—
of it (one’s birth)
;
phalam
—
the fruit
;
devānām
—
for demigods
;
api
—
even
;
duṣprāpam
—
rarely obtained
;
yat
—
which
;
yoga
—
īśvara — of masters of yoga
;
darśanam
—
the sight .
Translation
The Supreme Lord said: Now our lives are indeed successful, for we have obtained life’s ultimate goal: the audience of great yoga masters, which even demigods only rarely obtain.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Supreme Lord said: Now our lives are indeed successful, for we have obtained life's ultimate goal: the audience of great yoga masters, which even demigods only rarely obtain.
KB 10.84.9
Lord Kṛṣṇa spoke thus: “All glories to the assembled sages and ascetics! Today we all feel that our lives have become successful. Today we have achieved the desired goal of life because we now see face to face all the exalted, liberated sages and ascetics, whom even the great demigods in the heavens desire to see.
Purport
Despite the great privileges the demigods enjoy as administrators of the universe, they rarely see such sages as Nārada and Vyāsadeva. How much rarer, then, must it be for earthly kings and mere cowherds to see them. Here Lord Kṛṣṇa, identifying Himself with all the kings and others who had assembled at Samanta-paṣcaka, speaks on their behalf.
Purport (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Krsna said, "Our births have become successful (janmabhrtah). Seeing masters of yoga is rare even for devas, what to speak of humans."
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
Aho expresses joy. We as human beings have now met you who are accomplished (īśvara) in various yogas like bhakti, jñāna and karma according to your practice. You have the power to give or prevent attainment of these. Or yogeśvara can mean simply great devotees. This is a general description which actually includes many types of sages, though there was a prominence of devotees. He spoke in this way to respect them all.
Purport (Sanatana Goswami)
Aho expresses joy. We humans have not met you who are accomplished in samādhi or sāyujya (yogeśvara).