128 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 21

aggrieved; idam—these; dha—spoke; amrtam—very sweet; vacah—
words.

TRANSLATION

Aggrieved at hearing the pitiable words of the poor fatigued
candala, Maharaja Rantideva spoke the following nectarean words.

PURPORT

Maharaja Rantideva’s words were like amrta, or nectar, and therefore,
aside from rendering bodily service to an aggrieved person, by his words
alone the King could save the life of anyone who might hear him.

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na kimaye ’ham gatim isvarat param
astarddhi-yuktam apunar-bhavam va

Grtimm prapadye *khila-deha-bhajam
antah-sthito yena bhavanty aduhkhah

na—not; kamaye—desire; aham—I; gatim—destination; isvarat—
from the Supreme Personality of Godhead; param—great; asta-rddhi-
yuktam—composed of the eight kinds of mystic perfection; apunah-
bhavam—cessation of repeated birth (liberation, salvation); véd—either;
artim—sufferings; prapadye—I accept; akhila-deha-bhajam—of all
living entities; antah-sthitah—staying among them; yena—by which;
bhavanti—they become; aduhkhah—without distress.

TRANSLATION

I do not pray to the Supreme Personality of Godhead for the
eight perfections of mystic yoga, nor for salvation from repeated
