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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 4, Ch. 7 ]
मनोवारणः क्लेशदावाग्निदग्धः । 
  तृषार्तोऽवगाढो न ससार दावं 
  न निष्क्रामति ब्रह्मसम्पन्नवन्तः ॥३५॥
siddhā ūcuḥ 
  ayam tvat-kathā-mṛṣṭa-pīyūṣa-nadyām 
  mano-vāraṇaḥ kleśa-dāvāgni-dagdhaḥ 
  tṛṣārto 'vagāḍho na sasmāra dāvam 
  na niṣkrāmati brahma-sampannavan naḥ
siddhāḥ—the Siddhas; ūcuḥ—prayed; ayam—this; tvat-kathā— Your pastimes; mṛṣṭa—pure; pīyūṣa—of nectar; nadyām—in the river; manaḥ—of the mind; vāraṇaḥ—the elephant; kleśa—sufferings; dāva-agni—by the forest fire; dagdhaḥ—burnt; tṛṣā—thirst; ārtaḥ—afflicted; avagāḍhaḥ—being immersed; na sasmāra—does not remember; dāvam—the forest fire or the miseries; na niṣkrāmati—not come out; brahma—the Absolute; sampanna-vat—like having merged; naḥ—our.
TRANSLATION
The Siddhas prayed: Like an elephant that has suffered in a forest fire but can forget all its troubles by entering a river, our minds, O Lord, always merge in the nectarean river of Your transcendental pastimes, and they desire never to leave such transcendental bliss, which is as good as the pleasure of merging in the Absolute.
PURPORT
This statement is from the Siddhas, the inhabitants of the Siddhaloka, where the eight kinds of material perfection are complete. The residents of Siddhaloka have full control in the eight kinds of yogic perfection, but from their statement it appears that they are pure devotees. They always merge in the nectarean river of hearing of the pastimes of the Lord. Hearing of the pastimes of the Lord is called  Kṛṣṇa-kathā . Similarly, there is a statement by Prahlāda Mahārāja that those who are always merged in the ocean of the nectar of describing the pastimes of the Lord are liberated. They have no fear of the material condition of life. The Siddhas say that the mind of an ordinary person is full of anxieties. The example is given of the elephant who has suffered in a forest fire and who enters into a river to