Text 7] The Doorkeepers Cursed by the Sages 641

Krsna consciousness with all seriousness, he is to be understood as already
purified, and Krsna is ready to give him protection by all means. The Lord
assures herein that He is ready to give protection to His devotee even if
there is need to cut off part of His own body.

TEXT 7

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aagatwerd sfraratey |

a ffecanaty at fasta ze:
Tawar cat Prerarq vated 19 11

yat-sevaya carana-padma-pavitra-renum
sadyah ksatakhila-malam pratilabdha-stlam

na srir viraktam api mam vijahati yasyah
preksa-lavartha itare niyaman vahanti

yat—of whom; sevaya—by the service; carana—feet; padma-—lotus;
pavitra—sacred; renum—the dust; sadyah—immediately ; ksata—wiped out;
akhila—all; malam—sins; pratilabdha—acquired ; silam—disposition; na—not;
srit—the goddess of fortune; viraktam—have no attachment; api—even
though; mam—Me; vijahati—leave; yasyah—of the goddess of fortune;
preksd-lava-arthah—for obtaining a slight favor; itare—others, like Lord
Brahma; niyaman—sacred vows; vahanti—observe.

TRANSLATION

The Lord continued: Because I am the servitor of My devotees, My
lotus feet have become so sacred that they immediately wipe out all sin,
and I have acquired such a disposition that the goddess of fortune does
not leave Me, even though I have no attachment for her and others praise
her beauty and observe sacred vows to secure from her even a slight favor.

PURPORT

The relationship between the Lord and His devotee is transcendentally
beautiful. As the devotee thinks that it is due to his being a devotee of the
Lord that he is elevated in all good qualities, so the Lord also thinks that
it is because of His devotion to the servitor that all His transcendental
glories have increased. In other words, as the devotee is always anxious to
