180 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 22
TEXT 23
qargeeta fara adi avata |
yr mara aad Frat
ararasaaa: HIMMATHS 2A
yat-padayor asatha-dhih salilam pradéya
dirvankurair api vidhdya satim saparyam
apy uttamam gatim asau bhajate tri-lokirn
dasvan aviklava-manéh katham artim rcchet
yat-pddayoh—at the lotus feet of Your Lordship; asatha-dhih—a
great-minded person who is without duplicity; salilam—water;
pradéya—offering; dirvéd—with fully grown grass; arkuraih—and
with buds of flowers; api—although; vidhéya—offering; satim—most
exalted; saparyam—with worship; api—although; uttamam—the most
highly elevated; gatim—destination; asau—such a worshiper; bhajate
—deserves; tri-lokim—the three worlds; dasvan—giving to You;
aviklava-manéh—without mental duplicity; katham—how; artim—the
distressed condition of being arrested; rcchet—he deserves.
TRANSLATION
By offering even water, newly grown grass, or flower buds at
Your lotus feet, those who maintain no mental duplicity can
achieve the most exalted position within the spiritual world. This
Bali Maharaja, without duplicity, has now offered everything in
the three worlds. How then can he deserve to suffer from arrest?
PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (9.26) it is stated:
patram puspam phalam toyam
yo me bhaktya prayacchati
tad aham bhakty-upahrtam
asnami prayatatmanah
