Text 26] The Transcendental Qualities of Vṛtrāsura
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only to engage in loving service to the Lord in the constant association of the Lord and His eternal associates, as stated in the previous verse ( dāsānudāso bhavitāsmi ). As confirmed by Narottama dāsa Thākura:
tāṅdera caraṇa sevi bhakta-sane vāsa janame janame haya, ei abhilāṣa
To serve the Lord and the servants of His servants, in the association of devotees, is the only objective of a pure, unalloyed devotee.
TEXT 26
अजातपक्षा इव मातरं खगाः
स्तन्यं यथा वत्सतराः क्षुधार्ताः ।
प्रियं प्रियेव व्युषितं विषण्णा
मनोऽरविन्दाक्ष दिद्दक्षते त्वाम् ॥२६॥
ajāta-pakṣā iva mātaram khagāḥ
stanyam yathā vatsatarāḥ kṣudh-ārtāḥ
priyam priyeva vyuṣitam viṣaṇṇā
mano 'ravindākṣa didṛkṣate tvām
ajāta-pakṣāḥ —who have not yet grown wings;  iva —like;  mātaram —the mother;  khagāḥ —small birds;  stanyam —the milk from the udder;  yathā —just as;  vatsatarāḥ —the young calves;  kṣudh-ārtāḥ —distressed by hunger;  priyam —the beloved or husband;  priyā —the wife or lover;  iva —like;  vyuṣitam —who is away from home;  viṣaṇṇā —morose;  manaḥ —my mind;  aravinda-akṣa —O lotus-eyed one;  didṛkṣate —wants to see;  tvām —You.
TRANSLATION
O lotus-eyed Lord, as baby birds that have not yet developed their wings always look for their mother to return and feed them, as small calves tied with ropes await anxiously the time of milking, when they will be allowed to drink the milk of their mothers, or as a morose wife whose husband is away from home always longs for