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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 21]
aggrieved;  idam —these;  āha —spoke;  amṛtam —very sweet;  vacaḥ —words.
TRANSLATION
Aggrieved at hearing the pitiable words of the poor fatigued  caṇḍāla , Mahārāja Rantideva spoke the following nectarean words.
PURPORT
Mahārāja Rantideva's words were like  amṛta , or nectar, and therefore, aside from rendering bodily service to an aggrieved person, by his words alone the King could save the life of anyone who might hear him.
TEXT 12
न कामयेऽहं गतिमीश्वरात् परा- मष्टद्वियुक्तामपुनर्भवं वा । आर्ति प्रपद्येऽखिलदेहभाजा- मन्तःस्थितो येन भवन्त्यदुःखाः ॥१२॥
na kāmaye 'haṁ gatim īśvarāt parām aṣṭarddhi-yuktām apunar-bhavaṁ vā ārtiṁ prapadye 'khila-deha-bhājām antaḥ-sthito yena bhavanty aduḥkhāḥ
na —not;  kāmaye —desire;  aham —I;  gatim —destination;  īśvarāt —from the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  parām —great;  aṣṭa-ṛddhi-yuktām —composed of the eight kinds of mystic perfection;  apunaḥ-bhavam —cessation of repeated birth (liberation, salvation);  vā —either;  ārtim —sufferings;  prapadye —I accept;  akhila-deha-bhājām —of all living entities;  antaḥ-sthitaḥ —staying among them;  yena —by which;  bhavanti —they become;  aduḥkhāḥ —without distress.
TRANSLATION
I do not pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the eight perfections of mystic yoga, nor for salvation from repeated