Canto 10: The Summum BonumChapter 80: The Brāhmaṇa Sudāmā Visits Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.80.4

śiras tu tasyobhaya-lińgam ānamet

tad eva yat paśyati tad dhi cakṣuḥ

ańgāni viṣṇor atha taj-janānāḿ

pādodakaḿ yāni bhajanti nityam

SYNONYMS

śiraḥ — head; tu — and; tasya — of Him; ubhaya — both; lińgamto the manifestations; ānamet — bows down; tat — that; eva — only; yat — which; paśyati — sees; tat — that; hi — indeed; cakṣuḥ — eye; ańgāni — limbs; viṣṇoḥ — of Lord Viṣṇu; atha — or; tat — His; janānām — of the devotees; pāda-udakam — the water which has washed the feet; yāni — which; bhajanti — honor; nityam — regularly.

TRANSLATION

An actual head is one that bows down to the Lord in His manifestations among the moving and nonmoving creatures, real eyes are those that see only the Lord, and actual limbs are those which regularly honor the water that has bathed the Lord's feet or those of His devotees.

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