Text 20] Ambarisa Maharaja Offended by Durvasa Muni 99

the bodies; ariga-sarigamam—contact of his body; ghranam ca—and his
sense of smell; tat-pdda—of His lotus feet; saroja—of the lotus flower;
saurabhe—in (smelling) the fragrance; srimat-tulasyah—of the tulasi
leaves; rasandm—his tongue; tat-arpite—in the prasdda offered to the
Lord; padau—his two legs; hareh—of the Personality of Godhead;
ksetra—holy places like the temple or Vrndavana and Dvaraka; pada-
anusarpane—walking to those places; sirah—the head; hrsikesa—of
Krsna, the master of the senses; pada-abhivandane—in offering obei-
sances to the lotus feet; kamam ca—and his desires; dasye—in being
engaged as a servant; na—not; tu—indeed; kama-kamyaya—with a
desire for sense gratificaiton; yatha—as; uttamasloka-jana-dsraya—if
one takes shelter of a devotee such as Prahlada; ratih—attachment.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Ambarisa always engaged his mind in meditating upon
the lotus feet of Krsna, his words in describing the glories of the
Lord, his hands in cleansing the Lord’s temple, and his ears in
hearing the words spoken by Krsna or about Krsna. He engaged
his eyes in seeing the Deity of Krsna, Krsna’s temples and Krsna’s
places like Mathura and Vrndavana, he engaged his sense of touch
in touching the bodies of the Lord’s devotees, he engaged his
sense of smell in smelling the fragrance of tulasi offered to the
Lord, and he engaged his tongue in tasting the Lord’s prasada. He
engaged his legs in walking to the holy places and temples of the
Lord, his head in bowing down before the Lord, and all his desires
in serving the Lord, twenty-four hours a day. Indeed, Maharaja
Ambarisa never desired anything for his own sense gratification.
He engaged all his senses in devotional service, in various engage-
ments related to the Lord. This is the way to increase attachment
for the Lord and be completely free from all material desires.

PURPORT

In Bhagavad-gita (7.1) the Lord recommends, mayy dsakta-manéh
partha yogam yuijan mad-dsrayah. This indicates that one must exe-
cute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under
the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible,
