1044 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 25

sense gratification, the desire to become one with the Supreme Lord, are
all completely rejected in the Bhagavatam. The Bhagavatam is especially
meant for the pure devotees who always engage in Krsna consciousness, in
the activities of the Lord, and always glorify these transcendental activities.
Pure devotees worship the transcendental activities of the Lord in
Vrndavana, Dvaraka and Mathura as they are narrated in the Srimad-
Bhdgavatam and other Purdnas. The Mayavadi philosophers completely
reject them as stories, but actually they are great and worshipable subject
matter and thus are relishable only for devotees. That is the difference
between a Mayavadi and a pure devotee.

TEXT 35

qaafea a 8 ofaraey aa:
TATARSTAN |

eat feenfa = awarta
am ard wera sated 34

pasyanti te me rucirany amba santah
prasanna-vak traruna-locanani
ripani divyani vara-pradéni
sdkam vacam sprhaniyam vadanti

pasyanti—see; te—they; me—My; rucirdni—beautiful; amba—O mother;
santah— devotees; prasanna—smiling; vaktra—face ; aruna—like the morning
sun; locandni—eyes; ripani—forms; divydani—transcendental ; vara-pradani—
benevolent; sakam—with Me; vacam—words; sprhaniyam—favorable;
vadanti—they speak.

TRANSLATION

O My mother, My devotees always see the smiling face of My form, with
eyes like the rising morning sun. They like to see My various transcendental
forms, which are all benevolent, and they also talk favorably with Me.

PURPORT

Mayavadis and atheists accept the forms of the Deities in the temple of
the Lord as idols, but the devotees do not worship idols. They directly
worship the Personality of Godhead in His arca incarnation. Arcd refers to
the form which we can worship in our present condition. Actually in our
