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Yad pada samshrayah suta munayah prasamanayah
Sadyah punanti apaspristah Swardhunya apa anusevaya.
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Yad—whose, pada—lotus feet, samshrayah—those who have taken shelter of, Suta—oh Suta Goswami, munayah—great sages, sadyah—at once, punanti—sanctify, apasprista—simply by association, swardhunya—of the sacred Ganges, apa—water, anusevaya—bringing into use.
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Oh Suta Goswami, the great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, can at once sanctify others who may come into touch with them while the water of the Ganges can do so after a prolonged use only.
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Pure devotees of the Lord are more potent than the water of the sacred river Ganges. One can derive spiritual benefit out of prolonged use of the Ganges water but one can be at once sanctified by the deliberate mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord. In the Bhagwat Geeta it is said that any person however low born may he be, as also the Sudras, women and the merchantile people all of them are welcome to take shelter of the Lotus feet of the Lord and by doing so they can be equally qualified for going back to Godhead. To take shelter of the Lotus feet of the Lord means to take shelter of the pure devotees. The pure devotees, who have no other business than to serve the Lord, are honoured with the words like#i# 'Prabhupada' 'Vishnupada' #/i#that is to say such pure devotees are representatives of the Lotus feet of the Lord. Any one who, therefore, takes shelter of lotus feet of the pure devotee i.e. accepts pure devotee as the spiritual master, can at once be purified. Such devotees of the Lord are equally honoured like the Lord because they do the most confidential service of the Lord in delivering the fallen souls of the material world, whom the Lord wants to go back to home back to Godhead. Such pure devotees are better known as the Vice-Lord in the opinion of all revealed scriptures. Sincere disciples of a pure devotee, offer the spiritual master equal position with the Lord but such pure devotee always considers himself as an humble servant of the servant of the Lord. That is the way of pure devotional path.
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#dl##dd#yat-pāda-saṁśrayāḥ sūta#/dd#
#dd#munayaḥ praśamāyanāḥ#/dd#
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#i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=yat&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#yat#/i# — whose; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=pāda&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#pāda#/i# — lotus feet; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=saṁśrayāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#saṁśrayāḥ#/i# — those who have taken shelter of; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sūta&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sūta#/i# — O Sūta Gosvāmī; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=munayaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#munayaḥ#/i# — great sages; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=praśamāyanāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#praśamāyanāḥ#/i# — absorbed in devotion to the Supreme; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=sadyaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#sadyaḥ#/i# — at once; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=punanti&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#punanti#/i# — sanctify; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=upaspṛṣṭāḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#upaspṛṣṭāḥ#/i# — simply by association; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=svardhunī&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#svardhunī#/i# — of the sacred Ganges; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=āpaḥ&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#āpaḥ#/i# — water; #i##a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external text" href="//vanipedia.org/wiki/Special:VaniSearch?s=anusevayā&tab=syno_o&ds=1"#anusevayā#/i# — bringing into use.
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O Sūta, those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord can at once sanctify those who come in touch with them, whereas the waters of the Ganges can sanctify only after prolonged use.
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Pure devotees of the Lord are more powerful than the waters of the sacred river Ganges. One can derive spiritual benefit out of prolonged use of the Ganges waters. But one can be sanctified at once by the mercy of a pure devotee of the Lord. In #i#Bhagavad-gītā#/i# it is said that any person, regardless of birth as #i#śūdra#/i#, woman, or merchant, can take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord and by so doing can return to Godhead. To take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord means to take shelter of the pure devotees. The pure devotees whose only business is serving are honored by the names Prabhupāda and Viṣṇupāda, which indicate such devotees to be representatives of the lotus feet of the Lord. Anyone, therefore, who takes shelter of the lotus feet of a pure devotee by accepting the pure devotee as his spiritual master can be at once purified. Such devotees of the Lord are honored equally with the Lord because they are engaged in the most confidential service of the Lord, for they deliver out of the material world the fallen souls whom the Lord wants to return home, back to Godhead. Such pure devotees are better known as vicelords according to revealed scriptures. The sincere disciple of the pure devotee considers the spiritual master equal to the Lord, but always considers himself to be a humble servant of the servant of the Lord (CC Madhya 13.80). This is the pure devotional path.
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