Srila Rupa Gosvami's Sri Padyavali Text 8

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bhajana-mAhAtmya

The Glory of Devotional Service

 

Text 8

 

vyAdhasyAcaraNa.m dhruvasya ca vayo vidyA gajendrasya

kA

 

kubjAyAH kim u nAma rUpam adhika.m ki.m sudAmno dhanam

 

va.msaH ko vidurasya yAdava-pater ugrasya kim

pauruSa.m

 

bhaktyA tuSyati kevalaM na ca guNair bhakti-priyo

mAdhavaH

 

vyAdhasya-of the hunter named Dharma; acaraNam-pious

activities; dhruvasya-of dhruva maharaja; ca-and;

vayaH-mature age; vidyA-knowledge; gajendrasya-of

gajendra; kA-what; kubjAyAH-of kubjA; kim u nAma-how

much more; rUpam-beauty; adhikam-great; kim-what;

tat-that; sudAmnaH-of sudAmA vipra; dhanam-wealth;

va.mshaH-good family; kaH-what; vidurasya-of vidura;

yAdava-of the yadu dynasty; pateHof the king;

ugrasya-ugrasena; kim-what; pauruSam-prowess;

bhaktyA-by devotional service; tuSyati-is pleased;

kevalam-only; na-not; ca-and; guNaiH-by material

qualifications; bhakti-of devotional; priyaH-fond;

mAdhavaH-lord mAdhava.

 

“Where were the hunter dharma's piety, dhruva's

maturity, and gajendra's knowledge? Where was kubjA's

beauty? Where was sudAmA.as wealth? Where was vidura's

noble birth? Where was ugrasena's chivalrous strength?

lord mAdhava is pleased only by devotional service and

not by material qualifications.” - shrI dAkSiNAtya

 

 

 

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