yat-pāda-sevābhirucis tapasvinām
yat-pāda-sevābhirucis tapasvinām
aśeṣa-janmopacitaṁ malaṁ dhiyaḥ
sadyaḥ kṣiṇoty anvaham edhatī satī
yathā padāṅguṣṭha-viniḥsṛtā sarit
Like the water flowing from the big toe of the Lord, a taste of service to the Lord’s feet immediately destroys the contamination in the intelligence of the performers of austerity, which has been acquired through unlimited births. Day by day that spiritual taste increases.
What has been explained is now gradually described in detail. The success achieved by those performing pure bhakti to the Lord is not achieved those practicing austerities, what to speak of persons practicing karma. This is explained in two verses. Those doing austerities cannot remove the contamination in their intelligence. Immediately, when there arises taste for serving the feet of the Lord by the mercy of great devotees, purification takes place. That taste increases day by day. That taste is śuddha-sattva and eternal (satī). An example is given to show the greatness of the Lord’s feet. The sentence continues till verse 33.
|| 4.21.32 ||
vinirdhutāśeṣa-mano-malaḥ pumān
asaṅga-vijñāna-viśeṣa-vīryavān
yad-aṅghri-mūle kṛta-ketanaḥ punar
na saṁsṛtiṁ kleśa-vahāṁ prapadyate
One who takes shelter of the Lord’s feet, with mind cleansed of unlimited dirty, and who is strong in detachment from enjoyment and realization of the beauty of the Lord’s form, does not surrender again to material life full of suffering.
He is strong in detachment and realization of the Lord’s beauty (vijñāna-viśeṣa-vīryavān). He takes shelter of the Lord’s feet (kṛta-ketanaḥ). This shows his pure bhakti.
|| 4.21.33 ||
tam eva yūyaṁ bhajatātma-vṛttibhir
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