so 'haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām
so 'haṁ kathaṁ nu visṛje tava bhṛtya-sevām
O Lord! Following people with all material desires who have fallen in the material snake hole, I have also fallen into the hole because of their association. But I have been accepted by Nārada, who has made me part of himself. How can I give up service to your servant?
“You have said that service to me is the cause of my mercy to you. You have excluded favoritism by the example of the desire tree. But what is the cause of this service?” Following persons with concepts of high and low, filled with all desires, who have fallen in the material snake hole, I have also fallen in by their association. I have been accepted by Nārada who has made me his own possession. “Let this jīva me mine!” By force he has taken me by the hand, brought me near to him, taught me the king of mantras, and had me serve him. Having fallen in the hole of saṁsāra, I have now become your devotee. Without his mercy this was not possible. How can I give up service to my guru, your servant? The karmīs and jñānīs, on attaining their goal, give up the sādhana. I cannot be like that. On the path of bhakti, when the sādhana gives result, devotees who attained the Lord such as Dhruva still had a desire for sādhana of associating with devotees and other processes.
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. SB 4.9.11
dṛṣṭaṁ tavāṅghri-yugalaṁ janatāpavargaṁ
brahmādibhir hṛdi vicintyam agādha-bodhaiḥ
saṁsāra-kūpa-patitottaraṇāvalambaṁ
dhyāyaṁś carāmy anugṛhāṇa yathā smṛtiḥ syāt
Now I have seen your feet, which grant liberation to your devotees, which even Lord Brahmā and other great personalities of unfathomable intelligence can only meditate upon within their hearts, and which those who have fallen into the well of material existence resort to for deliverance. Please favor me so that I may constantly think of you as I travel about. Please grant me the power to remember you. SB 10.69.18
Considering this, I pray that you take me to the side of your servant (stated in verse 24).
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