Madhya 25.85

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নৈষাং মতিস্তাবদুরুক্রমাঙ্ঘ্রিং
স্পৃশত্যনর্থাপগমো যদর্থঃ ।
মহীয়সাং পাদরজোঽভিষেকং
নিষ্কিঞ্চনানাং ন বৃণীত যাবৎ ॥ ৮৫ ॥
naisam matis tavad urukramaṅghrim
sprsaty anarthapagamo yad-arthah
mahiyasam pada-rajo-'bhisekam
niskincananam na vrnita yavat
SYNONYMS
na-not; esam-of those who are attached to household life; matih-the interest; tavat-that long; urukrama-aṅghrim-the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is credited with uncommon activities; sprsati-touches; anartha-of unwanted things; apagamah-vanquishing; yat-of which; arthah-results; mahiyasam-of the great personalities, devotees; pada-rajah-of the dust of the lotus feet; abhisekam-sprinkling on the head; niskincananam-who are completely detached from material possessions; na vrnita-does not do; yavat-as long as.
TRANSLATION
" 'Unless human society accepts the dust of the lotus feet of great mahatmas-devotees who have nothing to do with material possessions-mankind cannot turn its attention to the lotus feet of Krsna. Those lotus feet vanquish all the unwanted miserable conditions of material life.'
PURPORT
This verse appears in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (7.5.32).
[Madhya 22.53]

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