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The Dynasty of Bharata
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birth and death. I want only to stay among all the living entities and suffer all distresses on their behalf, so that they may be freed from suffering.
PURPORT
Vāsudeva Datta made a similar statement to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, requesting the Lord to liberate all living entities in His presence. Vāsudeva Datta submitted that if they were unfit to be liberated, he himself would take all their sinful reactions and suffer personally so that the Lord might deliver them. A Vaiṣṇava is therefore described as being  para-duḥkha-duḥkhī , very much aggrieved by the sufferings of others. As such, a Vaiṣṇava engages in activities for the real welfare of human society.
TEXT 13
शुतृष्ट्रमो गात्रपरिभ्रमश्च  
 दैन्यं क्रमः शोकविषादमोहाः ।  
 सर्वे निवृत्ताः कृपणस्य जन्तो-  
 जिजीविषोर्जीवजलार्पणान्मे ॥१३॥
kṣut-tṛṭ-śramo gātra-paribhramaś ca 
  dainyaṁ klamaḥ śoka-viṣāda-mohāḥ 
  sarve nivṛttāḥ kṛpaṇasya jantor 
  jijīviṣor jīva-jalārpaṇān me
kṣut—from hunger; tṛṭ—and thirst; śramaḥ—fatigue; gātra-paribhramaḥ—trembling of the body; ca—also; dainyaṁ—poverty; klamaḥ—distress; śoka—lamentation; viṣāda—moroseness; mohāḥ—and bewilderment; sarve—all of them; nivṛttāḥ—finished; kṛpaṇasya—of the poor; jantoḥ—living entity (the caṇḍāla); jijīviṣoḥ—desiring to live; jīva—maintaining life; jala—water; arpaṇāt—by delivering; me—mine.
TRANSLATION
By offering my water to maintain the life of this poor caṇḍāla, who is struggling to live, I have been freed from all hunger, thirst,