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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 23]
asuras; dākṣiṇya-dṛṣṭi-padavīm —the position bestowed by the merciful glance;  bhavataḥ —of Your Lordship;  praṇītāḥ —have achieved.
TRANSLATION
O supreme shelter of everyone, great personalities like Brahmā enjoy their perfection simply by tasting the honey of rendering service at Your lotus feet. But as for us, who are all rogues and debauchees born of an envious family of demons, how have we received Your mercy? It has been possible only because Your mercy is causeless.
TEXT 8
चित्रं तवेहितमहोऽमितयोगमाया-
लीलाविसृष्टभुवनस्य विशारदस्य ।
सर्वात्मनः समदृशोऽविषमः स्वभावो
भक्तप्रियो यदसि कल्पतरुस्वभावः ॥ ८ ॥
citram tavehitam aho 'mita-yogamāyā- līlā-viṣṛṣṭa-bhuvanasya viśāradasya sarvātmanaḥ samadṛśo 'viṣamaḥ svabhāvo bhakta-priyo yad asi kalpataru-svabhāvaḥ
citram —very wonderful;  tava īhitam —all Your activities;  aho —alas;  amita —unlimited;  yogamāyā —of Your spiritual potency;  līlā —by the pastimes;  viṣṛṣṭa-bhuvanasya —of Your Lordship, by whom all the universes have been created;  viśāradasya —of Your Lordship, who are expert in all respects;  sarva-ātmanaḥ —of Your Lordship, who pervade all;  sama-dṛśaḥ —and who are equal toward all;  aviṣamaḥ —without differentiation;  svabhāvaḥ —that is Your characteristic;  bhakta-priyaḥ —under the circumstances You become favorable to the devotees;  yat —because;  asi —You are;  kalpataru-svabhāvaḥ —having the characteristic of a desire tree.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, Your pastimes are all wonderfully performed by Your inconceivable spiritual energy; and by her perverted reflection, the material energy, You have created all the universes. As