SB 3.8.26
TEXT 26
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TEXT
पुंसां स्वकामाय विविक्तमार्गैर् अभ्यर्चतां कामदुघाङ्घ्रिपद्मम् ।
प्रदर्शयन्तं कृपया नखेन्दु मयूखभिन्नाङ्गुलिचारुपत्रम् ॥ २६ ॥ pumsam svakamaya vivikta-margair
abhyarcatam kama-dughaṅghri-padmam
pradarsayantam krpaya nakhendu-
mayukha-bhinnaṅguli-carupatram
pumsam-of the human being; svakamaya-according to his desire; vivikta-margaih-by the path of devotional service; abhyarcatam-worshiped; kama-dugha-aṅghri-padmam-the lotus feet of the Lord, which can award all desired fruits; pradarsayantam-while showing them; krpaya-by causeless mercy; nakha-nails; indu-moonlike; mayukha-rays; bhinna-divided; aṅguli-figures; carupatram-very beautiful.
TRANSLATION
The Lord showed His lotus feet by raising them. His lotus feet are the source of all awards achieved by devotional service which is free from material contamination. Such awards are for those who worship Him in pure devotion. The splendor of the transcendental rays from His moonlike toenails and fingernails appeared like the petals of a flower.
PURPORT
Show noteThe Lord fulfills the desires of everyone just as one desires. Pure devotees are interested in achieving the transcendental service of the Lord, which is nondifferent from Him. Therefore, the Lord is the only desire of the pure devotees, and devotional service is the only spotless process for achieving His favor. Srila Rupa Gosvami says in his Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu that pure devotional service is jnana-karmady-anavrtam: pure devotional service is without any tinge of speculative knowledge and fruitive activities (B.R.S. 1.11). Such devotional service is able to award the pure devotee the highest result, namely direct association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Krsna. According to the Gopala-tapani Upanisad, the Lord showed one of the many thousands of petals of His lotus feet. It is said: brahmano'savanavaratam me dhyatah stutah parardhante so 'budhyata gopaveso me purastat avirbabhuva. After penetrating for millions of years, Lord Brahma could understand the transcendental form of the Lord as Sri Krsna, in the dress of a cowherd boy, and thus he recorded his experience in the Brahma-samhita in the famous prayer, govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami.
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