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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 13
PURPORT
The word  bhūri-puṇyavad-arpitaiḥ  is significant in this verse. These forms of  Viṣṇu  were worshiped by those who had performed pious activities ( sukṛtibhiḥ ) for many births and who were constantly engaged in devotional service ( śravaṇam kīrtanam viṣṇoḥ ).  Bhakti , devotional service, is the engagement of those who have performed highly developed pious activities. The accumulation of pious activities has already been mentioned elsewhere in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (10.12.11), where Śukadeva Gosvāmī says,
ittham satām brahma-sukhānubhūtyā dāsyam gatānām para-daivatena māyāśritānām nara-dārakeṇa sākam vijahruḥ kṛta-puṇya-puñjāḥ
“Those who are engaged in self-realization, appreciating the Brahman effulgence of the Lord, and those engaged in devotional service, accepting the Supreme Personality of Godhead as master, as well as those who are under the clutches of  māyā , thinking the Lord an ordinary person, cannot understand that certain exalted personalities—after accumulating volumes of pious activities—are now playing with the Lord in friendship as cowherd boys.”
In our Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Temple in Vṛndāvana, there is a  tamāla  tree that covers an entire corner of the courtyard. Before there was a temple the tree was lying neglected, but now it has developed very luxuriantly, covering the whole corner of the courtyard. This is a sign of  bhūri-puṇya .
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चन्द्रकाविशदसेरैः सारुणापाङ्गवीक्षितैः । स्वकार्थानामिव रजःसत्त्वाभ्यां स्रष्टुपालकाः ॥५०॥
candrikā-viśada-smeraiḥ sāruṇāpānga-vīkṣitaiḥ svakārthānām iva rajaḥ- sattvābhyām sraṣṭṛ-pālakāḥ