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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 28]
were very enchanting, followed him, giving up all homely happiness, despite family and children.
PURPORT
Just as in the  vānaprastha  stage the wife follows the husband, similarly when the spiritual master retires for  nirjana-bhajana , some of his advanced devotees follow him and engage in his personal service. In other words, those who are very fond of family life should come forward in the service of the spiritual master and abandon so-called happiness afforded by society, friendship and love. A verse by Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura in his  Gurv-aṣṭaka  is significant in this regard.  Yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādaḥ . A disciple should always remember that by serving the spiritual master he can easily advance in  Kṛṣṇa  consciousness. All the scriptures recommend that it is by pleasing the spiritual master and serving him directly that one can attain the highest perfectional stage of devotional service.
The word  madirekṣaṇā  is also significant in this verse. Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī has explained in his  Sandarbha  that the word  madira  means intoxicating. If one's eyes become intoxicated upon seeing the Deity, he may be called  madirekṣaṇa . Queen Vaidarbhī's eyes were very enchanting, just as one's eyes are  madirekṣaṇa  when engaged in seeing the temple Deity. Unless one is an advanced devotee, he cannot fix his eyes on the Deity in the temple.
TEXTS 35-36
तत्र चन्द्रवसा नाम ताम्रपर्णी वटोदका ।
तत्पुण्यसलिलैर्नित्यमुभयत्रात्मनो मृजन् ॥३५॥
कन्दाष्टिमिर्मूलफलैः पुष्पपर्णैस्तृणोदकैः ।
वर्तमानः शनैर्गात्रकर्शनं तप आस्थितः ॥३६॥
tatra candra-vasā nāma tāmra-parṇī vaṭodakā tat-puṇya-salilair nityam ubhayatrātmano mṛjan
kandāṣṭibhir mūla-phalaiḥ puṣpa-parṇais tṛṇodakaiḥ vartamānaḥ śanair gātra- karśanam tapa āsthitaḥ