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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 16 ]
render service to the Lord, so the Lord is ever anxious to render service to the devotee. The Lord admits herein that although He certainly has the quality that anyone who receives a slight particle of the dust of His lotus feet becomes at once a great personality, this greatness is due to His affection for His devotee. It is because of this affection that the goddess of fortune does not leave Him and that not only one but many thousands of goddesses of fortune engage in His service. In the material world, simply to get a little favor from the goddess of fortune, people observe so many rigid regulations of austerity and penance. The Lord cannot tolerate any inconvenience on the part of the devotee. He is therefore famous as Bhaktavatsala.
TEXT 8
नाहं तथाग्नि यजमानहविर्विताने 
    ॐ योतद्धृतस्तमदन् हुतभुञ्जुखेन । 
    यद्वाम्राजस्य मुखतश्वरतोऽनुधासं 
    तुष्टस्य मय्यवहितैर्निजकर्मपाकैः ॥ ८ ॥
nāham tathādmi yajamāna-havir vitāne 
    ścyotad-ghṛta-plutam adan huta-bhuṅ-mukhena 
    yad brāhmaṇasya mukhataś carato 'nughāsam 
    tuṣṭasya mayy avahitair nija-karma-pākaiḥ
na—not; aham—I; tathā—on the other hand; admi—I eat; yajamāna—by the sacrificer; haviḥ—the oblations; vitāne—in the sacrificial fire; ścyotat—pouring; ghṛta—ghee; plutam—mixed; adan—eating; huta-bhuk—the sacrificial fire; mukhena—by the mouth; yat—as; brāhmaṇasya—of the brāhmaṇa; mukhataḥ—from the mouth; carataḥ—acting; anughāsam—morsels; tuṣṭasya—satisfied; mayi—to Me; avahitaiḥ—offered; nija—own; karma—activities; pākaiḥ—by the results.
TRANSLATION
I do not enjoy the oblations offered by the sacrificers in the sacrificial fire, which is one of My own mouths, with the same relish as I do the delicacies overflowing with ghee which are offered to the mouths of the brāhmaṇas who have dedicated to Me the results of their activities and who are ever satisfied with My prasāda.