Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.20.33

śaradā nīrajotpattyā

nīrāṇi prakṛtiḿ yayuḥ

bhraṣṭānām iva cetāḿsi

punar yoga-niṣevayā

SYNONYMS

śaradā — by the effect of the autumn season; nīraja — the lotus flowers; utpattyā — which regenerates; nīrāṇi — the bodies of water; prakṛtim — to their natural state (of cleanliness); yayuḥ — returned; bhraṣṭānām — of those who are fallen; iva — just as; cetāḿsi — the minds; punaḥ — once again; yoga — of devotional service; niṣevayā — by practice.

TRANSLATION

The autumn season, which regenerated the lotus flowers, also restored the various bodies of water to their original purity, just as the process of devotional service purifies the minds of the fallen yogīs when they return to it.

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