Canto 1 - Boyhood
Bāla-kāṇḍa
Chapter 50: King Janaka Meets Viśvāmitra
Text 1.50.13
अद्य यज्ञसमृद्धिर्मे सफला दैवतैः कृता।
अद्य यज्ञफलं प्राप्तं भगवद्दर्शनान्मया॥
adya yajña-samṛddhir me saphalā daivataiḥ kṛtā
adya yajña-phalaṁ prāptaṁ bhagavad-darśanān mayā
adya = today; yajña-samṛddhiḥ me = the resources of my sacrifice; saphalā = have become complete; daivataiḥ = and by the grace of the demigods; kṛtā = successful; adya = today; yajña-phalam = the benefit of my sacrifice; prāptam = have attained; bhagavad-darśanāt = by seeing Your Holiness; mayā = I.
Today the resources of my sacrifice have become complete, and by the grace of the demigods, success. Today I have attained the benefit of my sacrifice by seeing Your Holiness.
NOTE. King Janaka was already a great realized devotee of the Lord. Nevertheless, he wanted to teach the importance of associating with saintly persons that is summarized by Śrīla Prabhupāda thus: “One should restrain the mind from unnecessary thoughts; that is called śama. One should not spend one’s time pondering over earning money. That is a misuse of the thinking power. The mind should be used to understand the prime necessity of human beings, and that should be presented authoritatively. The power of thought should be developed in association with persons who are authorities in the scriptures, saintly persons and spiritual masters and those whose thinking is highly developed.” (Bhagavad-gītā 10.4-5 purport)