tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu
tasmāt sarveṣu bhūteṣu
dayāṁ kuruta sauhṛdam
bhāvam āsuram unmucya
yayā tuṣyaty adhokṣajaḥ
Give up you demonic mentality and show mercy and affection to all beings, by which attitudes the Lord will be pleased.
Since the Lord can be realized by bhakti, bhakti should be made steady, without obstacles, by showing mercy and friendship to all beings. Sauhṛdam also means affection. Because all beings are the śakti of the Lord, they are forms of the Lord, and my Lord also exists in his svarūpa within all these beings. Therefore I should show affection to them. Prahlāda thinks, “If Bhakti-devi, by the mercy of guru and Vaiṣṇavas, accepts me, then the Lord will also be directly visible.” By that compassion and affection (yayā), the Lord will be satisfied.
|| 7.6.25 ||
tuṣṭe ca tatra kim alabhyam ananta ādye
kiṁ tair guṇa-vyatikarād iha ye sva-siddhāḥ
dharmādayaḥ kim aguṇena ca kāṅkṣitena
sāraṁ juṣāṁ caraṇayor upagāyatāṁ naḥ
What cannot be attained if the unlimited original Lord is satisfied? Since we glorify and relish the lotus feet of the Lord, what is the need of dharma, artha and kāma which are achieved automatically by the transformations of the guṇas? What is the need of liberation?
If the Lord is satisfied, what is use of other goals of aspiration? They have no result. They are attained on their own (sva-siddhāḥ) in this world by transformation of the guṇas. What is the use of liberation (aguṇena)? We glorify excessively (upagāyatām) and serve (juṣām) the sweetness of the Lord’s lotus feet. The Lord’s feet are like lotuses with sweet fragrance and taste (sāram). The devotees are like bees, who by their nature do not desire other things.
|| 7.6.26 ||
dharmārtha-kāma iti yo 'bhihitas tri-varga
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