Text 7]
The Doorkeepers Cursed by the Sages
641
Kṛṣṇa consciousness with all seriousness, he is to be understood as already purified, and Kṛṣṇa is ready to give him protection by all means. The Lord assures herein that He is ready to give protection to His devotee even if there is need to cut off part of His own body.
TEXT 7
यत्सेवया चरणपपवित्ररेणं सद्यःक्षताखिलमलं प्रतिलब्धशीलम् । न श्रीर्विरक्तमपि मां विजहाति यस्याः प्रेक्षालवार्थ इतरे नियमान् वहन्ति ॥ ७ ॥
yat-sevayā caraṇa-padma-pavitra-reṇum sadyaḥ kṣatākhila-malam pratilabdha-śīlam na śrīr viraktam api mām vijahāti yasyāḥ prekṣā-lavārtha itare niyamān vahanti
yat—of whom; sevayā—by the service; caraṇa—feet; padma—lotus; pavitra—sacred; reṇum—the dust; sadyaḥ—immediately; kṣata—wiped out; akhila—all; malam—sins; pratilabdha—acquired; śīlam—disposition; na—not; śrīḥ—the goddess of fortune; viraktam—have no attachment; api—even though; mām—Me; vijahāti—leave; yasyāḥ—of the goddess of fortune; prekṣā-lava-arthaḥ—for obtaining a slight favor; itare—others, like Lord Brahmā; niyamān—sacred vows; vahanti—observe.
TRANSLATION
The Lord continued: Because I am the servitor of My devotees, My lotus feet have become so sacred that they immediately wipe out all sin, and I have acquired such a disposition that the goddess of fortune does not leave Me, even though I have no attachment for her and others praise her beauty and observe sacred vows to secure from her even a slight favor.
PURPORT
The relationship between the Lord and His devotee is transcendentally beautiful. As the devotee thinks that it is due to his being a devotee of the Lord that he is elevated in all good qualities, so the Lord also thinks that it is because of His devotion to the servitor that all His transcendental glories have increased. In other words, as the devotee is always anxious to