Text 24] The Transcendental Qualities of Vrtrasura 209
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THT AK BA RUT BT: WII
aham hare tava padaika-miila-
dasanudaso bhavitasmi bhityah
manah smaretasu-pater gunarns te
grnita vak karma karotu kayah
aham—I; hare—O my Lord; tava—of Your Lordship; pdda-eka-
mila —whose only shelter is the lotus feet; désa-anudasah —the servant
of Your servant; bhavitasmi—shall I become; bhityah—again; manah—
my mind; smareta—may remember; asu-pateh—of the Lord of my life;
gundn—the attributes; te—of Your Lordship; grnita—may chant;
vak—my words; karma—activities of service to You; karotu—may per-
form; kdyah—my body.
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, will I again be
able to be a servant of Your eternal servants who find shelter only
at Your lotus feet? O Lord of my life, may I again become their
servant so that my mind may always think of Your transcendental
attributes, my words always glorify those attributes, and my body
always engage in the loving service of Your Lordship?
PURPORT
This verse gives the sum and substance of devotional life. One must
first become a servant of the servant of the servant of the Lord
(dasdnudasa). Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu advised, and He also showed by
His own example, that a living entity should always desire to be a servant
of the servant of the servant of Krsna, the maintainer of the gopis (gopi-
bhartuh pada-kamalayor dasa-dasanudasah). This means that one must
accept a spiritual master who comes in the disciplic succession and is a
servant of the servant of the Lord. Under his direction, one must then
engage one’s three properties, namely his body, mind and words. The
body should be engaged in physical activity under the order of the
