CC Adi 6.61
TEXT 61
- karmabhir bhrāmyamāṇānāṁ
- yatra kvāpīśvarecchayā
- maṅgalācaritair dānai
- ratir naḥ kṛṣṇa īśvare
SYNONYMS
karmabhiḥ—by the activities; bhrāmyamāṇānām—of those wandering within the material universe; yatra—wherever; kva api—anywhere; īśvara-icchayā—by the supreme will of the Personality of Godhead; maṅgala-ācaritaiḥ—by auspicious activities; dānaiḥ—like charity and philanthropy; ratiḥ—the attraction; naḥ—our; kṛṣṇe—in Kṛṣṇa; īśvare—the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
“Wherever we wander in the material universe under the influence of karma by the will of the Lord, may our auspicious activities cause our attraction to Lord Kṛṣṇa to increase.”
PURPORT
These verses from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.47.66-67) were spoken by the denizens of Vṛndāvana, headed by Mahārāja Nanda and his associates, to Uddhava, who had come from Mathurā.