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them, for a pure devotee considers such a demand to be contrary to devotional service. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu teaches this lesson in His  Śikṣāṣṭaka .  Adarśanān marma-hatāṁ karotu vā . The devotee is always eager to see the Lord face to face, but if he is brokenhearted because he cannot see the Lord, even life after life, he will never command the Lord to appear. This is a sign of pure devotion. Therefore in this verse we find the word  ati-cira-īpsita-artham , meaning that the devotee aspires for a long, long time to see the Lord. If the Lord, by His own pleasure, appears before the devotee, the devotee feels extremely happy, as Dhruva Mahārāja felt when he personally saw the Supreme Personality of God-head. When Dhruva Mahārāja saw the Lord, he had no desire to ask the Lord for any benediction. Indeed, simply by seeing the Lord, Dhruva Mahārāja felt so satisfied that he did not want to ask the Lord for any benediction ( svāmin kṛtārtho 'smi varaṁ na yāce ). A pure devotee, whether able or unable to see the Lord, always engages in the Lord's devotional service, always hoping that at some time the Lord may be pleased to appear before him so that he can see the Lord face to face.
TEXT 14
स त्वं विधत्स्वाखिललोकपाला
वयं यदर्थस्त्व पादमूलम् ।
समागतास्ते बहिरन्तरात्मन्
किं वान्यविज्ञाप्यमशेषसाक्षिणः ॥१४॥
sa tvaṁ vidhatsvākhila-loka-pālā
vayaṁ yad arthās tava pāda-mūlam
samāgatās te bahir-antar-ātman
kiṁ vānya-vijñāpyam aśeṣa-sākṣiṇaḥ
saḥ —that;  tvaṁ —Your Lordship;  vidhatsva —kindly do the needful;  akhila-loka-pālāḥ —the demigods, directors of different departments of this universe;  vayaṁ —all of us;  yat —that which;  arthāḥ —purpose;  tava —at Your Lordship's;  pāda-mūlam —lotus feet;  samāgatāḥ —we have arrived;  te —unto You;  bahiḥ-antaḥ-ātman —O Supersoul of