Text 13] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
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“In this age of quarrel and hypocrisy the only means of deliverance is chanting the holy name of the Lord. There is no other way. There is no other way. There is no other way.”
TEXT 13
तं त्वां वयं नाथ समुज्जिहानं 
  सरोजनाभातिचिरेप्सितार्थम् । 
  दृष्ट्वा गता निर्वृतमद्य सर्वे 
  गजा दवार्ता इव गाङ्गमम्भः ॥१३॥
tam tvām vayam nātha samujjihānam 
  saroja-nābhāticirepsitārtham 
  drṣṭvā gatā nirvṛtam adya sarve 
  gajā davārtā iva gāṅgam ambhaḥ
tam—O Lord; tvām—Your Lordship; vayam—all of us; nātha—O master; samujjihānam—now appearing before us with all glories; saroja-nābha—O Lord, whose navel resembles a lotus flower, or from whose navel grows a lotus flower; ati-cira—for an extremely long time; īpsita—desiring; artham—for the ultimate goal of life; drṣṭvā—seeing; gatāḥ—in our vision; nirvṛtam—transcendental happiness; adya—today; sarve—all of us; gajāḥ—elephants; dava-artāḥ—being afflicted in a forest fire; iva—like; gāṅgam ambhaḥ—with water from the Ganges.
TRANSLATION
Elephants afflicted by a forest fire become very happy when they get water from the Ganges. Similarly, O my Lord, from whose navel grows a lotus flower, since You have now appeared before us, we have become transcendentally happy. By seeing Your Lordship, whom we have desired to see for a very long time, we have achieved our ultimate goal in life.
PURPORT
The devotees of the Lord are always very eager to see the Supreme Lord face to face, but they do not demand that the Lord come before