so ’sādhu-vādas tat-kīrtiṁ
yan-nāmāni ca gṛhṇāti
loko bhṛtye kṛtāgasi
so ’sādhu-vādas tat-kīrtiṁ
hanti tvacam ivāmayaḥ
When a servant commits sin using the name of his master, the master gets criticizes and has his fame destroyed, just as a white spot on the skin condemns a person as a leper.
“But how can the Supreme Lord commit offense? Even if you do, who could punish you? How can you restrict yourself?” There can be no punishment. Infamy alone will be the punishment. The fame of a master is destroyed by a servant who performs sinful activating in the name of the master, just as white leprosy destroys the skin. People will criticize a person with a white spot, saying, “This person has leprosy.”
|| 3.16.6||
yasyāmṛtāmala-yaśaḥ-śravaṇāvagāhaḥ
sadyaḥ punāti jagad āśvapacād vikuṇṭhaḥ
so ’haṁ bhavadbhya upalabdha-sutīrtha-kīrtiś
chindyāṁ sva-bāhum api vaḥ pratikūla-vṛttim
I, that Supreme Lord, by hearing whose glories the whole universe including the dog eater is purified, who am famous as a tīrtha because of you, will cut off my own arm if it commits offense against you.
“But from offenses to us, you get infamy, and by our pleasure you get fame. You have created us, but now we have become greater than you, the Supreme Lord.” What doubt is there about this? I am the Lord (vikuṇṭhaḥ), famous as a tīrtha because of you. What to speak of Jaya and Vijaya, objects of attachment for me, I will even cut off my own limb, the object of my identity as “I.” Unable to do that, I am your offender.
|| 3.16.7||
yat-sevayā caraṇa-padma-pavitra-reṇuṁ
sadyaḥ kṣatākhila-malaṁ pratilabdha-śīlam
na śrīr viraktam api māṁ vijahāti yasyāḥ
prekṣā-lavārtha itare niyamān vahanti
Even Laksmī to whom I show no attachment, but to gain whose favor others perform vows, does not give up the dust of my feet which immediately destroy all contamination and are full of all qualities. But these feet are made pure by service to devotees like you.
“The result of our coming to Vaikuṇṭha is that you, our worshipable lord, speak to us like this.” Should I say the opposite? By the service to devotees, the dust particles attached to my feet purify the world, and destroy all contamination caused by myself and others. The devotees have all good qualities. Though Lakṣmī has all wealth, she does not leave me. For the glance of Lakṣmī, Brahmā and others perform austerities. These statements are connected with the previous statement “I should cut off my own arm which offends you, by whose service my feet destroy all contamination…”
|| 3.16.8||
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