Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 221-222 – August 16, 2026

Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta Part 2 Chapter 4 Texts 221-222

yathā sakāma-bhaktā hi
bhuktvā tat kāmitaṁ phalam
kāle bhakti-prabhāveṇa
yogyaṁ vindanti tat phalam

yathā ca tatra tat-kālaṁ
bhakter yogyaṁ na sat phalam
sañjātam iti tac chuddha-
bhaktimadbhir vinindyate

TRANSLATION
Devotees who have material desires first enjoy the material results for which they hanker, and later, on the strength of devotional service, they enjoy the true fruit of devotion. But because that fruit does not at first appear, pure devotees decry what those worshipers first achieve.