yadṛcchayā copaśṛṇoti te sakṛt
yadṛcchayā copaśṛṇoti te sakṛt
kathaṁ guṇa-jño viramed vinā paśuṁ
śrīr yat pravavre guṇa-saṅgrahecchayā
Lord of auspicious fame! What person, having heard by chance, just once, your auspicious qualities in the association of devotees, what person who knows your qualities, which even Lakṣmī accepts with a desire to completely taste those qualities, gives up that glorification? Only an animal would do so.
“Become detached from the taste of my topics and accept liberation desired by the best of yogīs.” Pṛthu replies in this verse. O Lord of auspicious fame! How can he who hears your glories, by chance (yadṛcchayā), without special effort, suddenly, and who thus knows your qualities, give them up? The person who gives up that glorification is an animal among humans. Also implied is “He who does not give them up is a real human, among animals.” The yogīs give up the nectar of glorifying the Lord:
evaṁ harau bhagavati pratilabdha-bhāvo
bhaktyā dravad-dhṛdaya utpulakaḥ pramodāt
autkaṇṭhya-bāṣpa-kalayā muhur ardyamānas
tac cāpi citta-baḍiśaṁ śanakair viyuṅkte
The unfortunate yogī who has developed love for the Lord, full of all sweet qualities, whose heart is somewhat soft because of devotion, whose body hairs stand on end in ecstasy, who is constantly overcome with intense tears of joy, gradually withdraws his hook-like mind from the Lord’s form. SB 3.28.34
The karmīs by nature have no interest in the Lord’s topics:
trai-vargikās te puruṣa vimukhā hari-medhasaḥ
kathāyāṁ kathanīyoru-vikramasya madhudviṣaḥ
These persons are interested in artha, dharma and kāma, and are averse to topics of the Supreme Lord who knows how to destroy saṁsāra, who is the killer of Madhu, the most heroic lord, worthy of praise. SB 3.32.18
Give these two persons liberation, like feeding oil cake, chaff and rubbish to animals. But do not give it humans like me. “Yogīs and karmīs who give up your topics are proof that liberation and material benefits are greater in taste than your topics. What is the proof that the taste for my topics is greater than liberation or material enjoyment?” Lakṣmī, Brahmā and other persons worshipped by the whole universe, endowed with all qualities, accept your glories, with a desire to be able to taste completely (saṁgraha) your qualities—your form, taste, fragrance, sound, touch, pastimes, charm and mercy. That is the proof. There are others also, like Śukadeva, who after tasting the happiness of liberation for a long time, found it trifling, and found pleasure in your glories. This is the proof.
The yogīs are like bulls, conditioned to eat grass, who, chewing the sugar cane shoots, find the stalks too tough, and savor grass instead. The karmī is like the camel which gives up mango buds and savors thorns. What kind of proof is that? Because the happiness of all other items is included in bhakti, it is the compilation of all human goals and all qualities. With a desire for the Lord, who contains all happiness (guṇa-saṅgraha), Lakṣmī accepts your glories. This part is Śrīdhara Svāmī’s explanation of guṇa-saṅgraha.
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