52 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 13
PURPORT

The word bhiri-punyavad-arpitaih is significant in this verse. These
forms of Visnu were worshiped by those who had performed pious ac-
tivities (sukrtibhih) for many births and who were constantly engaged in
devotional service (Sravanam kirtanam visnoh). Bhakti, devotional ser-
vice, is the engagement of those who have performed highly developed
pious activities. The accumulation of pious activities has already been
mentioned elsewhere in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.12.11), where
Sukadeva Gosvami says,

ittham satam brahma-sukhaénubhitya
dasyam gatanam para-daivatena
mayasritanam nara-darakena
sdkam vijahruh krta-punya-punjah
“Those who are engaged in self-realization, appreciating the Brahman
effulgence of the Lord, and those engaged in devotional service, accept-
ing the Supreme Personality of Godhead as master, as well as those who
are under the clutches of mdyd, thinking the Lord an ordinary person,
cannot understand that certain exalted personalities—after accumulating
volumes of pious activities—are now playing with the Lord in friendship
as cowherd boys.”

In our Krsna-Balarama Temple in Vrndavana, there is a tamdla tree
that covers an entire corner of the courtyard. Before there was a temple
the tree was lying neglected, but now it has developed very luxuriantly,
covering the whole corner of the courtyard. This is a sign of bhiri-
punya.

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candrikd-visada-smeraih
sdrundpdnga-viksitaih
svakarthanam iva rajah-
sattvabhyam srastr-palakah
