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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 24]
pure devotee, no one can be fully satisfied, nor can anyone understand the transcendental position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 58
अथानघाङ्घ्रेस्तव कीर्तितीर्थयो- रन्तर्बहिःस्नानविधूतपाप्मनाम् । भूतेष्वनुकोशसुसच्चशीलिनां स्यात्सङ्गमोऽनुग्रह एष नस्तव ॥५८॥
athānaghāṅghres tava kīrti-tīrthayor antar-bahiḥ-snāna-vidhūta-pāpmanām bhūteṣv anukrośa-susattva-śīlinām syāt saṅgamo 'nugraha eṣa nas tava
atha—therefore; anagha-aṅghreḥ—of my Lord, whose lotus feet destroy all inauspiciousness; tava—Your; kīrti—glorification; tīrthayoḥ—the holy Ganges water; antaḥ—within; bahiḥ—and outside; snāna—taking bath; vidhūta—washed; pāpmanām—contaminated state of mind; bhūteṣu—unto the ordinary living beings; anukrośa—benediction or mercy; su-sattva—completely in goodness; śīlinām—of those who possess such characteristics; syāt—let there be; saṅgamaḥ—association; anugrahaḥ—mercy; eṣaḥ—this; naḥ—unto us; tava—Your.
TRANSLATION
My dear Lord, Your lotus feet are the cause of all auspicious things and the destroyer of all the contamination of sin. I therefore beg Your Lordship to benedict me by the association of Your devotees, who are completely purified by worshiping Your lotus feet and who are so merciful upon the conditioned souls. I think that Your real benediction will be to allow me to associate with such devotees.
PURPORT
The Ganges water is celebrated as being able to eradicate all kinds of sinful reactions. In other words, when a person takes his bath in the Ganges, he becomes freed from all life's contaminations. The Ganges water is celebrated in this way because it emanates from the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, those who are directly in touch with the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and who are absorbed in the chanting of His glories are freed from all material contamination. Such unalloyed devotees are able to show mercy to the common