212 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 11

him to return and satisfy her in all respects, I always yearn for the
opportunity to render direct service unto You.

PURPORT

A pure devotee always yearns to associate personally with the Lord and
render service unto Him. The examples given in this regard are most ap-
propriate. A small baby bird is practically never satisfied except when
the mother bird comes to feed it, a small calf is not satisfied unless
allowed to suck the milk from the mother’s udder, and a chaste, devoted
wife whose husband is away from home is never satisfied until she has
the association of her beloved husband.

TEXT 27

WA AAMRTTY aed

daak aaa: ABA |
ATTRA E-

TAATIA FAT WA NVI

mamottamasloka-janesu sakhyarh
samsdara-cakre bhramatah sva-karmabhih

tvan-mdayayatmatmaja-dara-gehesv
Gsakta-cittasya na natha bhiyat

mama—my; uttama-sloka-janesu—among devotees who are simply
attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; sakhyam—friendship;
sarhsdra-cakre—in the cycle of birth and death; bhramatah—who am
wandering; sva-karmabhih—by the results of my own fruitive ac-
tivities; tvat-mdyaya—by Your external energy; dtma—to the body;
Gtma-ja—children; déra—wife; gehesu—and home; dsakta—attached;
cittasya—whose mind; na—not; natha—O my Lord; bhiiyat—may
there be.

TRANSLATION

O my Lord, my master, I am wandering throughout this material
world as a result of my fruitive activities. Therefore I simply seek
