PURPORT

These slokas are to be discussed. Their purport is that one cannot obtain Krsna-bhakti, or the devotional service of the Lord, by official execution of the Vedic rituals. One has to approach a pure devotee. Narottama dasa Thakura sings, chadiya vaisnava-seva nistara payeche keba: "Who has been elevated without rendering service to a pure Vaisnava?" It is the statement of Prahlada Maharaja that unless one is able to accept the dust from the lotus feet of a pure Vaisnava there is no possibility of his achieving the platform of devotional service. That is the secret. The above-mentioned Tantra-vacana, quoted from the Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu, is our perfect guidance in this connection.