Text 128] The Residents of Varanasi Become Vaisnavas 367
SYNONYMS
bhakta—a devotee; a4mad—Me; preme—by love; bandiyache—has bound;
hrdaya-bhitare—within his heart; yahan—wherever; netra—the eyes; pade—fall;
tahari—there; dekhaye—he sees; dmare—Me.
TRANSLATION
““‘& highly elevated devotee can bind Me, the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, in his heart by love. Wherever he looks, he sees Me and nothing
else.
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AVIA FOr fsa 1a:
F Sats Siiqwosyty GS: i sev i
visrjati hrdayam na yasya saksad
dharir avasabhihito ‘py aghaugha-nasah
pranaya-rasanayd dhrtanghri-padmah
sa bhavati bhagavata-pradhana uktah
SYNONYMS
visrjati—gives up; hrdayam—the heart; na—not; yasya—whose; saksat—
directly; harih—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; avasa-abhihitah —who is
automatically glorified; api—although; aghaugha-nasah—who annihilates all
kinds of inauspicious offenses for a devotee; pranaya-rasanayd—with the rope of
love; dhrta-anghri-padmah—whose lotus feet are bound; sah—such a devotee;
bhavati—is; bhagavata-pradhanah—the most elevated devotee; uktah—is said.
TRANSLATION
‘Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who destroys everything in-
auspicious for His devotees, does not leave the hearts of His devotees even if
they remember Him and chant about Him inattentively. This is because the
rope of love always binds the Lord within the devotees’ hearts. Such devotees
should be accepted as most elevated.
PURPORT
This is a quotation from Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.55).
