426 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 8
pravistah karna-randhrena
svanam bhava-saroruham
dhunoti samalam krsnah
salilasya yatha Sarat

pravistah—thus being entered; karna-randhrena—through the holes of
the ears; svandm—according to one’s liberated position; bhava—constitu-
tional relationship; sarah-ruham—the lotus flower; dhunoti—cleanses;
Samalam— material qualities like lust, anger, avarice, hankering, etc.; krsnah
—Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; salilasya—of the reser-
voir of waters; yatha—as it were; Sarat—the autumn season.

TRANSLATION
The sound incarnation of Lord Krsna, the Supreme Soul [i-e. Srimad-
Bhagavatam ], entering into the heart of a self-realized devotee, sits on the
lotus flower of his loving relationship and thus cleanses the dust of material
association, such as lust, anger, hankerings, etc., and acts like the autumnal
rains upon the pools of muddy water.
PURPORT

It is said that a single pure devotee of the Lord can deliver all the fallen
souls of the world, and thus one who is actually in the confidence of a pure
devotee like Narada or Sukadeva Gosvami and thus empowered by one’s
spiritual master, as Narada was by Brahmaji, can not only deliver himself
from the clutches of may4, or illusion, but can deliver the whole world by
his pure and empowered devotional strength. The comparison to the
autumnal rain which falls on the muddy reservoirs of water is very
appropriate. During the rainy season, all waters of the rivers become
muddy, but in the month of July-August, the autumn season, when there
is aslight rainfall, the muddy waters of the rivers all over the world become
at once clear. By addition of some chemical, a small reservoir of water
like that of the metropolitan waterworks tanks, etc., can be cleared, but
by such a tiny effort it is not possible to clear up all the reservoirs of
water like the rivers, etc. Similarly, a powerful pure devotee of the Lord
can deliver not only his personal self but also many others in his associa-
tion.

In other words, the cleansing of the polluted heart by other methods
(like culture of empiric knowledge or mystic gymnastics) can simply
