bhaktiṁ muhuḥ pravahatāṁ tvayi me prasaṅgo
bhaktiṁ muhuḥ pravahatāṁ tvayi me prasaṅgo
bhūyād ananta mahatām amalāśayānām
yenāñjasolbaṇam uru-vyasanaṁ bhavābdhiṁ
neṣye bhavad-guṇa-kathāmṛta-pāna-mattaḥ
O unlimited Lord! May I always have the association of great devotees with pure hearts who perform bhakti to you! By this association, intoxicated from drinking the nectar of your pastimes and qualities, I shall easily combat the ocean of material existence full of terrible suffering.
Bhakti composed of hearing and chanting will not be sweet without proper association. Therefore Dhruva prays for the association of those who continually perform (pravāhatām) bhakti. “But then he will still have fear of the ocean of suffering caused by saṁsāra.” Raising his hands in pride Dhruva speaks. I will overpower the terrible ocean of material life full of countless pains by the strength of that association. Let it come before me. Let us see! Nothing is impossible for me! I will be drunk with tasting the nectar of your qualities and pastimes. The qualities of material life such as rivalry, ignorance and hatred cannot make this drunkard suffer. Even death cannot touch the person who has drunk immortal nectar. By bhakti produced from association with devotees one directly meets the Lord. Then one again prays for association with devotees. This indicates that bhakti in the form of association with devotees is the cause of bhakti and bhakti is the result of bhakti. Thus this verse states the opinion of the devotees.
|| 4.9.12 ||
te na smaranty atitarāṁ priyam īśa martyaṁ
ye cānv adaḥ suta-suhṛd-gṛha-vitta-dārāḥ
ye tv abja-nābha bhavadīya-padāravinda-
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