Text 40] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 129

jitam—conquered; ajita—O unconquerable one; tadd—then;
bhavata—by Your Lordship; yada—when; dha—spoke; bhagavatam—
which helps the devotee approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead;
dharmam—the religious process; anavadyam—faultless (free from
contamination); niskificanah—who have no desire to be happy with ma-
terial opulences; ye—those who; munayah—great philosophers and ex-
alted sages; dtma-aramadh—who are self-satisfied (being completely
aware of their constitutional position as eternal servants of the Lord);
yam—whom; updsate—worship; apavargdya—for achieving liberation
from material bondage.

TRANSLATION

O unconquerable one, when You spoke about bhagavata-
dharma, which is the uncontaminated religious system for achiev-
ing the shelter of Your lotus feet, that was Your victory. Persons
who have no material desires, like the Kumaras, who are self-
satisfied sages, worship You to be liberated from material
contamination. In other words, they accept the process of
bhagavata-dharma to achieve shelter at Your lotus feet.

PURPORT
As stated by Srila Rapa Gosvami in Bhakti-rasdmrta-sindhu:

anyabhilasita-si
jnana-karmdady-anavrtam

anukiilyena krsnanu-
Silanam bhaktir uttama

“One should render transcendental loving service to the Supreme
Lord Krsna favorably and without desires for material profit or gain
through fruitive activities or philosophical speculation. That is called
pure devotional service.”

The Narada-pafcarétra also says:

sarvopadhi-vinirmuktam
tat-paratvena nirmalam
