Text 18] The Lord in the Heart 9]
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param padam vaisnavam amananti tad
yan neti netity atad utsisrksavah
visrjya dauratmyam ananya-sauhrda
hrdopaguhyarha-padam pade pade
param—the supreme; padam-—situation; vaisnavam—in relation with the
Personality of Godhead; admananti—do they know; tat—that; yat—which;
neti—not this; neti—not this; iti—thus; atat—godless; utsisrksavah—those
who desire to avoid; visryya—giving it up completely; dauratmyam—
perplexities; ananya—absolutely; sawhrda—in good will; hrda upaguhya—
taking them into his heart; arha—that which is only worshipable; padam—
lotus feet; pade pade—every moment.
TRANSLATION
The transcendentalists desire to avoid everything which is godless,
knowing that supreme situation in which everything is in relation with
the Supreme Lord Visnu. Therefore a pure devotee who is in absolute
harmony with the Lord does not create perplexities, but worships the
lotus feet of the Lord at every moment, taking them into his heart.
PURPORT
In the Bhagavad-gitd, “mad-dhama”’ (‘‘My abode’’) is mentioned several
times, and according to the version of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
Sri Krsna there exists the unlimited spiritual sky wherein the planets are
called Vaikunthas, or the abode of the Personality of Godhead. In that
sky, which is far, far beyond the material sky and its sevenfold coverings,
there is no need of the sun or the moon, nor is there necessity of electricity
for illumination because the planets are self-illuminating and more brilliant
than the material suns. Pure devotees of the Lord are absolutely in
