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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 6, Ch. 11]
him to return and satisfy her in all respects, I always yearn for the opportunity to render direct service unto You.
PURPORT
A pure devotee always yearns to associate personally with the Lord and render service unto Him. The examples given in this regard are most appropriate. A small baby bird is practically never satisfied except when the mother bird comes to feed it, a small calf is not satisfied unless allowed to suck the milk from the mother's udder, and a chaste, devoted wife whose husband is away from home is never satisfied until she has the association of her beloved husband.
TEXT 27
ममोत्तमश्लोकजनेषु सख्यं 
  संसारचक्रे भ्रमतः स्वकर्मभिः । 
  त्वन्माययात्मात्मजदारगेहे- 
  व्यासक्तचित्तस्य न नाथ भूयात् ॥२७॥
mamottamaśloka-janeṣu sakhyaṁ 
  saṁsāra-cakre bhramataḥ sva-karmabhiḥ 
  tvan-māyayātmātmaja-dāra-geheṣv 
  āsakta-cittasya na nātha bhūyāt
mama —my;  uttama-śloka-janeṣu —among devotees who are simply attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  sakhyam —friendship;  saṁsāra-cakre —in the cycle of birth and death;  bhramataḥ —who am wandering;  sva-karmabhiḥ —by the results of my own fruitive activities;  tvat-māyayā —by Your external energy;  ātma —to the body;  ātma-ja —children;  dāra —wife;  geheṣu —and home;  āsakta —attached;  cittasya —whose mind;  na —not;  nātha —O my Lord;  bhūyāt —may there be.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, my master, I am wandering throughout this material world as a result of my fruitive activities. Therefore I simply seek