Text 6] Rsabhadeva’s Appearance 117
parijandnurdga-viracita-sabala-samsabda-salila-sita-kisalaya-tulasika-
dirvankurair api sambhrtaya saparyaya kila parama paritusyasi.
paryana—by Your servants; anuraga—in great ecstasy; viracita—ex-
ecuted; sabala—with a faltering voice; samsabda—with prayers;
salila—water; sita-kisalaya —twigs bearing new leaves; tulasika —tulasi
leaves; diurvd-ankuraih—and with newly grown grass; api—also;
sambhrtayad—performed; saparyaya—by worship; kila—indeed:
parama—O Supreme Lord; paritusyasi—You become satisfied.
TRANSLATION

O Supreme Lord, You are full in every respect. You are certainly
very satisfied when Your devotees offer You prayers with faltering
voices and in ecstasy bring You tulasi leaves, water, twigs bearing
new leaves, and newly grown grass. This surely makes You
satisfied.

PURPORT

One does not need great wealth, education or opulence to satisfy the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. If one is fully absorbed in love and
ecstasy, he need offer only a flower and a little water. As stated in
Bhagavad-gita, patrarn puspam phalam toyam yo me bhaktyd prayac-
chati: “If one offers Me with love and devotion a leaf. a flower. fruit or
water, I will accept it.” (Bg. 9.26)

The Supreme Lord can be pleased only by devotional service:
therefore it is said here that the Lord is surely satisfied by devotion and
nothing else. Quoting from the Gautamiya-tantra, the Hari-bhakti-
vildsa states:

tulasi-dala-matrena
Jalasya culukena va
vikrinite svam dtmanam
bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalah
“Sri Krsna, who is very affectionate toward His devotees. sells Himself to
a devotee who offers merely a tulasi leaf and a palmful of water.” The
Supreme Lord is causelessly merciful upon His devotee. so much so that
