# Cc. Madhya 24.172 > সাধনৌঘৈরনাসঙ্গৈরলভ্যা সুচিরাদপি । > হরিণা চাশ্বদেয়েতি দ্বিধা সা স্যাৎ সুদুর্লভা ॥১৭২॥ ## Text > sādhanaughair anāsaṅgair > alabhyā sucirād api > hariṇā cāśv adeyeti > dvidhā sā syāt sudurlabhā ## Synonyms *sādhana*—activities of devotional service; *aughaiḥ*—by masses of; *anāsaṅgaiḥ*—without attachment; *alabhyā*—very difficult to achieve; *su-cirāt api*—even after a considerable duration of time; *hariṇā*—by the Supreme Lord; *ca*—also; *āśu*—very soon; *adeyā*—not to be delivered; *iti*—thus; *dvidhā*—two ways; *sā*—that; *syāt*—is; *su-durlabhā*—very difficult to obtain. ## Translation **“ 'Devotional perfection is very difficult to attain for two reasons. First, unless one is attached to Kṛṣṇa, he cannot attain devotional perfection even if he renders devotional service for a long time. Second, Kṛṣṇa does not easily deliver perfection in devotional service.'** ## Purport As stated in *Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam* [[sb/5/6/18|(5.6.18)]]: *muktiṁ dadāti karhicit.* Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī told Mahārāja Parīkṣit that Kṛṣṇa readily grants liberation but does not very readily grant perfection in devotional service. This means that Kṛṣṇa wants to see that a devotee is actually sincere and serious and that he does not have ulterior motives. If this is the case, devotional service can very easily be successful; otherwise it is very difficult to obtain from the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This verse appears in the *Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu* (1.1.35).