Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 11 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44


Sanskrit:

तव विक्रीडितं कृष्ण नृणां परममङ्गलम् ।कर्णपीयूषमासाद्य त्यजन्त्यन्यस्पृहां जना: ॥ ४४ ॥

ITRANS:

tava vikrīḍitaṁ kṛṣṇanṛṇāṁ parama-maṅgalamkarṇa-pīyūṣam āsādyatyajanty anya-spṛhāṁ janāḥ

Translation:

O my dear Kṛṣṇa, Your pastimes are supremely auspicious for mankind and are an intoxicating beverage for the ears. Tasting such pastimes, people forget their desires for other things.

Purport:

Anya-spṛhām, or “desire for things other than Kṛṣṇa,” indicates the material desire to enjoy wife, children, money, and so on. Ultimately, the materialist may desire religious salvation for his personal comfort and satisfaction, but all such desires are mundane, because on the spiritual platform the pure soul thinks only of the Lord’s pleasure and the Lord’s service. Therefore, a pure devotee can never give up Kṛṣṇa, even for a moment, although for Kṛṣṇa’s pleasure he can give up the entire universe.