prasanna-vaktrāruṇa-locanāni
prasanna-vaktrāruṇa-locanāni
rūpāṇi divyāni vara-pradāni
sākaṁ vācaṁ spṛhaṇīyāṁ vadanti
O mother! The devotees see my attractive, red eyes in my smiling face and my spiritual forms which bestow blessings. They speak pleasing words with me.
Because the devotees do not desire even merging in Brahman they attain the following from me. This is explained in two verses. The word “see” is representative of activities such as hearing, chanting and tasting. Similarly, seeing forms is representative of hearing sounds, smelling fragrance, and touching the Lord’s skin etc. The forms give benedictions (vara-pradhāni) in the form of spiritual service. Or, the forms say “Devotees! Please accept this gift!” They speak with me (sākam) as follows:
na kāmaye 'nyaṁ tava pāda-sevanād
akiñcana-prārthyatamād varaṁ vibho
ārādhya kas tvāṁ hy apavarga-daṁ hare
vṛṇīta āryo varam ātma-bandhanam
O all-powerful one, I desire no boon other than service to your lotus feet, the boon most eagerly sought by those free of material desire. O Hari, what enlightened person who worships you, the giver of liberation, would choose a boon that causes his own bondage? SB 10.51.55
na pārameṣṭhyaṁ na mahendra-dhiṣṇyaṁ
na sārvabhaumaṁ na rasādhipatyam
na yoga-siddhīr apunar-bhavaṁ vā
mayy arpitātmecchati mad vinānyat
One who has fixed his consciousness on me desires neither the position or abode of Lord Brahmā or Lord Indra, nor an empire on the earth, nor sovereignty in the lower planetary systems, nor the eightfold perfection of yoga, nor liberation. Such a person desires me alone.SB 11.14.14
Their words express some desire (service). Desiring to hear those words, I say “Please accept this boon.” I do not desire to give them anything else. Śrīdhara Svāmī says “There is superior, eternal happiness in bhakti through realization of the Supreme Lord.”
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tair darśanīyāvayavair udāra-
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