yatra nirviṣṭam araṇaṁ
yatra nirviṣṭam araṇaṁ
kṛtānto nābhimanyate
viśvaṁ vidhvaṁsayan vīrya-
śaurya-visphūrjita-bhruvā
Death, who destroys the universe by his brow which quivers with power and determination, cannot consider as his possession the person who has surrendered to those feet.
The devotee has no fear of saṁsāra. What need has he to pray for release from saṁsāra? Time (kṛtāntaḥ) does not consider that the person who has entered the shelter of the Lord’s feet is his possession. Time destroys the universe by the movement of his brow, agitated by power and determination.
|| 4.24.57 ||
kṣaṇārdhenāpi tulaye
na svargaṁ nāpunar-bhavam
bhagavat-saṅgi-saṅgasya
martyānāṁ kim utāśiṣaḥ
What to speak of any blessings on this earth, or on Svarga, even the blessing of liberation cannot compare with even half a moment’s association with the devotee of the Lord.
But he should desire association with devotees. By half a moment’s association he obtains such results. How much more he will gain by several moments’ association. And how much more result will be obtained if the association takes place with devotion, which produces further bhakti? And how much more result if the association takes place with prema, the final result of bhakti? Svarga, the result of karma, and liberation (apunarbhavam), the result of jñāna, cannot compare with a half a moment’s association with the devotees. What to speak of comparing it to jñāna, to karma, and finally to blessings in the present world such as a kingdom?
|| 4.24.58 ||
athānaghāṅghres tava kīrti-tīrthayor
antar-bahiḥ-snāna-vidhūta-pāpmanām
bhūteṣv anukrośa-susattva-śīlināṁ
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