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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
| Canto 3, Ch. 21
Personality of Godhead. Similarly, one who hears the transcendental sound vibration of the holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa, also improves in health. We have actually seen that many  brahmacārīs  and  gṛhasthas  connected with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness have improved in health, and a luster has come to their faces. It is essential that a  brahmacārī  engaged in spiritual advancement look very healthy and lustrous. The comparison of the sage to an unpolished gem is very appropriate. Even if a gem just taken from a mine looks unpolished, the luster of the gem cannot be stopped. Similarly, although Kardama was not properly dressed and his body was not properly cleansed, his overall appearance was gemlike.
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अथोटजमुपायातं नृदेवं प्रणतं पुरः । सपर्यया पर्यगृह्णात्प्रतिनन्द्यानुरूपया ॥४८॥
athoṭajam upāyātam nṛdevam praṇatam puraḥ saparyayā paryagṛhṇāt pratinandyānurūpayā
atha—then; uṭajam—the hermitage; upāyātam—approached; nṛdevam—the monarch; praṇatam—bowed down; puraḥ—in front; saparyayā—with honor; paryagṛhṇāt—received him; pratinandya—greeting him; anurūpayā—befitting the King's position.
TRANSLATION
Seeing that the monarch had come to his hermitage and was bowing before him, the sage greeted him with benediction and received him with due honor.
PURPORT
Emperor Svāyambhuva Manu not only approached the cottage of dried leaves possessed by the hermit Kardama, but he offered his respectful obeisances unto him. Similarly, it was the duty of the hermit to offer blessings to kings who used to approach his hermitage in the jungle.
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गृहीतार्हणमासीनं संयतं प्रीणयन्मुनिः । सरन् भगवदादेशमित्याह श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥४९॥