SB 10.38.4
Devanāgarī
ममैतद् दुर्लभं मन्य उत्तम:श्लोकदर्शनम् । विषयात्मनो यथा ब्रह्मकीर्तनं शूद्रजन्मन: ॥ ४ ॥
Text
mamaitad durlabhaṁ manya uttamaḥ-śloka-darśanam viṣayātmano yathā brahma- kīrtanaṁ śūdra-janmanaḥ
Synonyms
mama—my;etat—this;durlabham—difficult to achieve;manye—I consider;uttamaḥ-śloka—of the Supreme Lord, who is praised in the best poetry;darśanam—the audience;viṣaya-ātmanaḥ—for one who is absorbed in sense gratification;yathā—just as;brahma—of theVedas;kīrtanam—chanting;śūdra—as a low-class man;janmanaḥ—by one who has taken his birth.
Translation
Since I am a materialistic person absorbed simply in sense gratification, I think it is as difficult for me to have gotten this opportunity to see Lord Uttamaḥśloka as it would be for one born a śūdra to be allowed to recite the Vedic mantras.