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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 7]
tām —that;  ca —also;  api —thus;  yuṣmat —your;  caraṇa —feet;  sevayā —by service;  aham —myself;  parāṇude —shall be able to give up.
TRANSLATION
But, my dear sir, I am obliged to you because now I can understand that this material manifestation is without substance although it appears to be real. I am confident that by serving your feet it will be possible for me to give up the false idea.
PURPORT
The sufferings of the conditioned soul are superficial and have no intrinsic value, like the cutting off of one's head in a dream. Yet although this statement is theoretically very true, it is very difficult for the common man or the neophyte on the transcendental path to realize practically. However, by serving the feet of great transcendentalists like Maitreya Muni and by constantly associating with them, one is enabled to give up the false idea that the soul suffers from material pangs.
TEXT 19
यत्सेवया भगवतः कूटस्थस्य मधुद्विषः।  
 रतिरासो भवेत्तीव्रः पादयोर्व्यसनार्दनः ॥१९॥
yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ  
 kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ  
 rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ  
 pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ
yat —which;  sevayā —by service;  bhagavataḥ —of the Personality of God-head;  kūṭa-sthasya —of the unchangeable;  madhu-dviṣaḥ —the enemy of the Madhu  asura ;  rati-rāsaḥ —attachment in different relationships;  bhavet —develops;  tīvraḥ —highly ecstatic;  pādayoḥ —of the feet;  vyasana —distresses;  ardanaḥ —vanquishing.
TRANSLATION
By serving the feet of the spiritual master, one is enabled to develop transcendental ecstasy in the service of the Personality of Godhead, who is the unchangeable enemy of the Madhu demon and whose service vanquishes one's material distresses.