tvaṁ bhakti-yoga-paribhāvita-hṛt-saroja
tvaṁ bhakti-yoga-paribhāvita-hṛt-saroja
āsse śrutekṣita-patho nanu nātha puṁsām
yad-yad-dhiyā ta urugāya vibhāvayanti
tat-tad-vapuḥ praṇayase sad-anugrahāya
O Lord! You, who are approached by being heard about, seen and directly served, enter and remain in the lotus of your devotee’s hearts infused with bhakti-yoga. Much praised Lord! By your mercy, you bestow to them spiritual bodies appropriate to the mood they cultivate during sādhana.
Bhakti, even without jñāna, delivers one from material existence. But more than that, by bhakti the Lord becomes dependent on the devotee. Bhāvita means “infused with.” Amara-koṣa says bhāvita means infused in all three genders. You sit on the lotus in the devotees’ hearts infused completely (pari) with bhakti-yoga. Or the phrase can mean “in the devotees’ hearts, manifested by bhakti-yoga.” Bhāvita is the past participle form. Bhakti-yoga is the cause of the Lord’s manifesting himself. You enter the hearts of the devotees and remain there (āsse). You do not leave. This is confirmed by verse 5. nāpaiṣi nātha hṛdayāmburuhāt sva-puṁsām: you do not give up the lotus of the devotee’s heart. Your path is first being heard about from the mouth of guru, then seen and then directly served. By this path you are brought to the devotees’ lotus hearts. The implication is that the devotees know this path of sādhana-bhakti well. The consequent implication is that the person who desires to attain the Lord should understand this path. Even without hearing, the devotees meditate on your various forms (vapuḥ) using their minds. You reveal (praṇayase) those forms to the devotee. This is the meaning according to Śrīdhara Svāmī. Or your devotees doing sādhana concentrate on their spiritual form according to their mood of love using their minds, and you have them attain (praṇayase) their spiritual bodies. You become dependent on your devotee.
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