Pad As Evan Am

Pädasevanam
Serving the Lotus Feet of Lord Kåñëa
By their very nature the living entities are meant to serve Lord Kåñëa,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this lies their real happiness
and welfare. When this service is without any desire for personal
gratification it is called pure devotional service. Thus the goal of pure
devotional service is to please Kåñëa and nothing else. There are nine
processes of devotional service which are recommended by spiritual
authorities: 1) hearing about the transcendental holy name, form,
qualities, paraphernalia and pastimes of Lord Viñëu 2) chanting about
the glories of the Lord and His pastimes 3)remembering them 4)
serving the lotus feet of the Lord 5) offering the Lord respectful
worship with sixteen types of paraphernalia 6) offering prayers to the
Lord 7) becoming His servant 8) considering the Lord one's best friend
and 9) surrendering everything unto Him.
Pädasevanam, rendering menial service, is thus the fourth limb of

bhakti out of the nine limbs or processes. Mother Lakñmé, the eternal
consort of Lord Näräyana is the embodiment of perfection in devotional
service through pädasevanam.
Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura explains that the word

çravaëam refers to giving aural reception to the holy name and
descriptions of the Lord's form, qualities, entourage and pastimes as
explained in Çrémad-Bhägavatam, Bhagavad-gétä and similar
authorized scriptures. After hearing such messages, one should
memorize these vibrations and repeat them (kértanam). Smaraëam
means trying to understand more and more about the Supreme Lord
by trying to constantly remember Him, and päda-sevanam means
engaging oneself in serving the lotus feet of the Lord according to the
time and circumstances. Arcanam means worshiping Lord Viñëu as one
does in the temple, and vandanam means offering respectful
obeisances. Man-manä bhava mad-bhakto mad-yäjé mäà namaskuru
(Bhagavad-gétä 18.65). Vandanam means namaskuru—offering
obeisances or offering prayers. Thinking oneself to be nitya-kåñëa-
däsa, everlastingly a servant of Kåñëa, is called däsyam, and sakhyam
means being a well-wisher of Kåñëa. Kåñëa wants everyone to
surrender unto Him because everyone is constitutionally His servant.
Ätma-nivedanam means offering Kåñëa everything, including one's
body, mind, intelligence and whatever one may possess.
One's sincere endeavor to perform these nine processes of devotional
service is technically called bhakti.
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There have been many great souls who achieved perfection in
devotional service through practice of each of these nine processes:
Parékñit Mahäräja attained perfection simply by hearing (çravaëam),
and Çukadeva Gosvämé attained perfection simply by chanting
(kértanam). Prahläda Mahäräja attained perfection by remembering
the Lord (Smaraëam). The goddess of fortune, Lakñmédevé, attained
perfection by worshiping the Lord's lotus feet (päda-sevanam). Påthu
Mahäräja attained perfection by worshiping the Deity of the Lord
(arcanam). Akrüra attained perfection by offering prayers (vandanam),
Hanumän by rendering service, Arjuna by establishing friendship with
the Lord, and Bali Mahäräja by offering everything to the service of the
Lord (ätma-nivedanam).
Pädasevanam has to be executed with the assistance of the other

limbs: çravaëam (hearing about the glories of the Lord Kåñëa),
kértanam (glorifying the Lord and His pastimes, and smaraëam
(remembering the Lord). It is imperative to realize that we, conditioned
souls do not have the qualities to serve the Supreme Lord. At the same
time, one has to be aware of the fact that the supreme object of
service is the full embodiment of eternity, absolute knowledge and
unlimited bliss. Çréla Rüpa Gosvämé described this topic in detail when
he enunciated the sixty-four limbs of bhakti in his treatise upon bhakti
named the Bhakti-rasämåta-sindhu. Pädasevanam includes darçana,
seeing the transcendental form of the Lord; touching the body of the
Deity; circumambulation of the Deity, the temple and the dhäma, etc;
daily performance of one’s devotional duties; and visiting the temple of
the Lord, the holy rivers such as the Gaìgä and the sacred pilgrimage
places like Puré, Dvärakä, Mathurä and Navadvépa. The worship of
Tulasé devé and the service of the sädhus also belong to pädasevanam
as well.
(From Jaiva Dharma by Çréla Bhaktivode Öhäkura)
Picture: Plate 8, Canto 3, Part 2
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Quotes on Pädasevanam
1. In the Brahma-saàhitä it is stated that Ganapati worships the lotus

feet of Lord Nåsiàhadeva and in that way has become auspicious for
the devotees in clearing out all impediments.
2. Anyone who has taken shelter of the lotus feet of Mukunda, the
giver of liberation, giving up all kinds of obligation, and has taken to
the path in all seriousness, owes neither duties nor obligations to the
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demigods, sages, general living entities, family members, humankind
or forefathers.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.5.41 )
3. For one who has accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the Lord, who
is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as Mukunda,
or the giver of mukti, the ocean of the material world is like the water
contained in a calf’s footprint. paraà padam, or the place where there
are no material miseries, or Vaikuëöha, is his goal, not the place where
there is danger in every step of life.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 10.14.58)
4. Just try to worship, in devotional service, Väsudeva, the Supreme

Personality of Godhead. Even great sages are not able to control the
forces of the senses as effectively as those who are engaged in
transcendental bliss by serving the lotus feet of the Lord, uprooting the
deep-grown desire for fruitive activities.
5. The (1) grossly foolish persons, (2) the lowest of mankind, (3) the
deluded speculators, and (4) the professed atheists, as above
mentioned, never surrender unto the lotus feet of the Personality of
Godhead in spite of all scriptural and authoritative advice. (Çrémad
Bhagavad-géta 7.15)
6. My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your

lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality. But
those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of
Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study
the Vedas for many years.
7. Simply by tasting the tulasé leaves offered to the lotus feet of the
Lord, great sages like Sanat-kumära became great devotees.
(Çrémad Bhagavad-géta 9.2 purport)
8. A brähmaëa who has studied the three Vedas is called a tri-vedé.

Actual tri-vedés take shelter under the lotus feet of Kåñëa and engage
in pure devotional service to satisfy the Lord.
9. It is understood from Vedic literature that the liberated souls who

have reached the transcendental planets of the spiritual sky always
look to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, being engaged in His
transcendental loving service.
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10. The lotus feet of Viñëu are the supreme devotional platform.
(Åg Veda 1.22.20)
11. An offense at the lotus feet of the Lord is sometimes excused by

the merciful Lord, but an offense at the feet of a devotee is very
dangerous for one who actually wants to make progress in devotional
service.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam Canto 1 Introduction)
12. The Mäyävädés are offenders at the lotus feet of Kåñëa, although
they utter always brahma, ätmä, or caitanya, etc. And because they
are offenders at the lotus feet of Kåñëa, they are actually unable to
utter the holy name of Kåñëa.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam Canto 1 Introduction)
13. Those great sages who have completely taken shelter of the lotus
feet of the Lord can at once sanctify those who come in touch with
them, whereas the waters of the Ganges can sanctify only after
prolonged use.
14. To take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord means to take shelter
of the pure devotees. The pure devotees whose only business is
serving are honored by the names Prabhupäda and Viñëupäda, which
indicate such devotees to be representatives of the lotus feet of the
Lord.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 1.1.15 purport)
15. Those fortunate living entities who catch the truth and surrender
unto the lotus feet of Väsudeva after many, many births in the material
world join the eternally liberated souls and thus are allowed to enter
into the kingdom of Godhead.
16. A pure devotee continuously remembers the lotus feet of Lord Çré
Kåñëa and does not forget Him even for a moment, not even in
exchange for all the opulence of the three worlds.
17. One cannot save himself from the cruel hands of death in the
material world without having surrendered himself at the lotus feet of
the Lord.
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18. For a pious person, if there is some calamity there is no other
alternative than to take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. Constantly
remembering the lotus feet of the Lord means preparing for liberation
from birth and death.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam Canto 1 chapter 8 summary)
19. O Kåñëa, those who continuously hear, chant and repeat Your
transcendental activities, or take pleasure in others’ doing so, certainly
see Your lotus feet, which alone can stop the repetition of birth and
death.
(Prayers of Queen Kunté in Çrémad Bhägavatam 1.8.36)
20. The devotees of the Lord are purified souls. As soon as the
devotees surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord sincerely, the Lord
accepts them, and thus the devotees at once become free from all
material contamination.
21. The Lord is all-powerful, and if He is satisfied by our obedience

unto His lotus feet, He is competent to bestow upon us all kinds of
blessings for the successful execution of both our material and spiritual
lives.
22. Material attachment and taking shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord
go ill together.
23. Sincere surrender unto the lotus feet of the Lord is possible by
awakening the transcendental sense of service. This is made possible
by association with pure devotees of the Lord.
24. The devotees of the Lord are accustomed to licking up the honey
available from the lotus feet of the Lord. What then is the use to them
of topics which simply waste one’s valuable life?
25. The water of the Ganges sanctifies all the three worlds, including
the gods and the demigods, because it emanates from the lotus feet of
the Personality of Godhead Viñëu.
26. The Lord is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the

living entities, but to one who takes shelter at His lotus feet, the Lord
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gives proper protection, and He takes such a living entity back home,
back to Himself.
27. The process of meditation should begin from the lotus feet of the
Lord and progress to His smiling face. The meditation should be
concentrated upon the lotus feet, then the calves, then the thighs, and
in this way higher and higher.
28. One can practice meditating upon the Deity, concentrating his
mind on the lotus feet of the Lord and gradually rising higher and
higher, up to His smiling face.
29. The mind is easily conquered simply by engaging it at the lotus

feet of the Lord.
30. When one reaches the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa at Goloka
Våndävana, the watering process of hearing and reading, as also
chanting of the holy name in the pure devotional stage, fructifies, and
the fruits grown there in the form of love of God are tangibly tasted by
the devotee, even though he is here in this material world.
31. The person who has never experienced the aroma of the tulasé
leaves from the lotus feet of the Lord is also a dead body, although
breathing.
32. The whole Vedic adventure is to draw one’s attention entirely unto
the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa without any diversion, as instructed in the
Bhagavad-gétä.
33. The mystic yogés, after a strenuous effort to control the senses,
may be situated in a trance of yoga just to have a vision of the
Supersoul within everyone, but the pure devotee, simply by
remembering the Lord’s lotus feet at every second, at once becomes
established in real trance.
34. A pure devotee of the Lord whose heart has once been cleansed by
the process of devotional service never relinquishes the lotus feet of
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Lord Kåñëa, for they fully satisfy him, as a traveler is satisfied at home
after a troubled journey.
35. A person who does not move from the lotus feet of the Lord even
for a moment or a second is to be considered the greatest of all
Vaiñëavas.
36. O my Lord, devotees who engage in the transcendental loving

service of Your lotus feet have no difficulty in achieving anything within
the realm of the four principles of religiosity, economic development,
sense gratification and liberation.
37. The pure devotee of the Lord enjoys life by constantly

remembering the lotus feet of the Lord by hearing kåñëa-kathä. For
such a devotee there is no such thing as material existence.
38. The lotus feet of the Lord are by themselves the shelter of all
places of pilgrimage.
39. The miracles of meditating on the lotus feet of the Lord with
eagerness and devotion are so great that no other process can
compare to it.
40. The two essentials for self-realization—knowledge and detachment

—become manifest very quickly if one performs devotional service to
the lotus feet of the Lord.
41. O great Supreme Lord, offensive persons whose internal vision has
been too affected by external materialistic activities cannot see Your
lotus feet, but they are seen by Your pure devotees, whose one and
only aim is to transcendentally enjoy Your activities.
42. The yoga system as recommended in Bhagavad-gétä is to

concentrate the mental activities internally and thus see the lotus feet
of the Lord within oneself.
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43. Anyone who has completely given up all worldly relationships and
has taken absolute shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord, who gives us
salvation and who alone is fit to be taken shelter of, is no longer a
debtor or servant of anyone, including the demigods, forefathers,
sages, other living entities, relatives, and members of human society.
44. Because of the fragrance of His lotus feet, carried by the air and
mixed with the aroma of tulasé, their [the four kumäras’]minds
changed; instead of becoming one with the Supreme Lord, they
thought it wise to be devotees.
45. Becoming a servitor of the lotus feet of the Lord is better than
becoming one with the Lord.
46. The tulasé leaf has numerous good qualities, but if it were not
offered to the lotus feet of the Lord, tulasé could not be of much value
or importance.
47. The words kleçadas teñäm anäsanna-padäà tava indicate that the
Lord has two concerns. The first is to give protection to persons who
take shelter of His lotus feet, and the second is to give trouble to those
who are always demoniac and who are inimical toward the Lord.
48. Your lotus feet are the true vessel to take one across the ocean of
mundane nescience. Only persons deprived of their intelligence by the
spell of the deluding energy will worship those feet with a view to
attain the trivial and momentary pleasures of the senses, which even
persons rotting in hell can attain. However, O my Lord, You are so kind
that You bestow mercy even upon them.
(Prayers by Kardama Muni in Çrémad Bhägavatam 3.21.14)
49. Persons who have given up stereotyped worldly affairs and the
beastly followers of these affairs, and who have taken shelter of the
umbrella of Your lotus feet by drinking the intoxicating nectar of Your
qualities and activities in discussions with one another, can be freed
from the primary necessities of the material body.
(Prayers by Kardama Muni in Çrémad Bhägavatam 3.21.17)
50. Unless one is fortunate enough to have the dust of the lotus feet of
a mahätmä on one’s head, there is no possibility of perfection in
spiritual life.
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51. For any living entity, who has taken shelter of the holy lotus feet of
the Lord, nothing is impossible.
52. After many births, mature yogés, by complete trance in yoga,

endeavor in secluded places to see the lotus feet of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead.
53. The laws of nature may work, but if one is fixed in devotional
service at the lotus feet of the Lord, he is not agitated, for he is
introspective.
54. If I have unflinching devotion unto the lotus feet of the Supreme
Lord, then mukti, or liberation, serves me as my maidservant. Mukti,
the maidservant, is always ready to do whatever I ask.
(Çré Bilvamaìgala Öhäkura quoted in Çrémad Bhägavatam 3.25.33
purport)
55. A pure devotee, who is attached to the activities of devotional

service and who always engages in the service of My lotus feet, never
desires to become one with Me.
(Lord Kapila in Çrémad Bhägavatam 3.25.34)
56. Because non-devotees neglect the transcendental loving service of

the lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead, their intelligence is not
sufficient, and therefore these persons fall down.
57. The real purpose of controlling the mind by the prescribed method
of clearing the passage of the life air is achieved immediately if one
fixes his mind directly on the lotus feet of Kåñëa.
58. If we divert our mind to thoughts of material enjoyment, then our

mind becomes an enemy, and if we concentrate our mind on the lotus
feet of Kåñëa, then our mind is a friend.
59. The Lord’s feet act like thunderbolts hurled to shatter the mountain
of sin stored in the mind of the meditating devotee. One should
therefore meditate on the lotus feet of the Lord for a long time.
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60. Meditating on the lotus feet of the Lord acts like a thunderbolt on
the mountain of dirt in the mind of the yogé. If a yogé wants to shatter
the mountain of dirt in his mind, he should concentrate on the lotus
feet of the Lord and not imagine something void or impersonal.
61. One has to think of the lotus feet of the Lord. The Mäyävädés
imagine that one can think of the lotus feet of Lord Çiva or Lord
Brahmä or the goddess Durgä to achieve liberation, but this is not so.
Bhagavataù means “of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Viñëu,”
and no one else.
62. By his constitutional position, Lord Çiva is always great and

auspicious, but since he has accepted on his head the Ganges water,
which emanated from the lotus feet of the Lord, he has become even
more auspicious and important.
63. One who has attained the stage of bhäva can accept the lotus feet
of Lord Kåñëa as worshipable.
64. By taking shelter under the lotus feet of Kåñëa, one is endowed
with both kinds of prosperity, material and spiritual. Why then should
one go to any demigod?
65. The Supreme Lord is described as mahat-pada, which means that

the total material energy, known as the mahat-tattva, is lying at His
lotus feet.
66. Since all the great sages and devotees apply all energy and all
activities in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, there must be
some transcendental pleasure in the toes of His lotus feet. The Lord
licks His toe to taste the nectar for which the devotees always aspire.
67. The dust of the lotus feet of great personalities offers all good to
the recipient, but the same dust can also do harm. Those who are
offenders at the lotus feet of a great personality dry up; their godly
qualities diminish.
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68. There is such transcendental bliss in simply meditating on the lotus
feet of the Lord that one can forget everything but the Lord’s
transcendental form. This is the perfection of yogic samädhi, or
ecstasy.
69. The rules and regulations of devotional service are based on this
principle: anything in touch with the lotus feet of the Lord is
immediately freed from all material contamination.
70. Tértha means “sanctified place”. The Lord’s lotus feet are called
tértha-päda because under their protection there are hundreds and
thousands of saintly persons who sanctify the sacred places of
pilgrimage.
71. Undoubtedly it is troublesome to go from one holy place to

another, but one who is intelligent can take shelter of the lotus feet of
Govinda and thereby be automatically sanctified as the result of his
pilgrimage.
72. A pure devotee, who has implicit faith in the lotus feet of the Lord,
can create sacred places in any part of the world where he decides to
remain.
73. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so great that simply by

worshiping His lotus feet, your great-grandfather, Lord Brahmä,
acquired the necessary qualifications to create this universe.
(Närada Muné to Dhruva Maharäja in Çrémad Bhägavatam 4.8.20)
74. The Lord is sometimes described as çiva-viriïci-nutam [Çrémad

Bhägavatam 11.5.33], which means that Lord Çiva and Lord Brahmä
also offer their respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Näräyaëa.
75. Any person who desires the fruits of the four principles religiosity,
economic development, sense gratification and, at the end, liberation,
should engage himself in the devotional service of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, for worship of His lotus feet yields the
fulfillment of all of these.
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76. The real path of religion is to surrender at the lotus feet of the
Lord.
77. The devotee’s love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so

intense that he wants to kiss the lotus feet of the Lord constantly, and
he wants to touch the tips of the toes of the Lord and constantly
embrace His lotus feet.
78. An offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiñëava is the greatest offense in

this world. When one serves a Vaiñëava unknowingly, one still gets the
good result, and if one unknowingly insults a Vaiñëava, one suffers the
bad result.
79. To endeavor to be situated in the shade of the lotus feet of the

Lord is not an ordinary task because even the great brahmacärés
headed by Sanandana, who practiced añöäìga-yoga in trance, attained
the shelter of the Lord’s lotus feet only after many, many births.
(Dhruva Mahäräja in Çrémad Bhägavatam 4.9.30)
80. A devotee is always engaged in drinking the honey from the lotus
feet of the Lord. Unless one is freed from all material desires, he
cannot actually taste the honey from the Lord’s lotus feet.
81. Only one who is completely surrendered at the lotus feet of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, depending fully on Him for personal
maintenance or even for maintenance of his family, can attain
perfection by recitation of Çrémad-Bhägavatam
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 4.12.49-50 purport)
82. If one offers oblations with faith and devotion—either to the lotus
feet of Lord Viñëu or to His representative in Pitåloka, Aryamä—one’s
forefathers will attain material bodies to enjoy whatever material
enjoyment is due them.
83. One should accept the instructions of the Supreme Personality of

Godhead by bowing down at the lotus feet of the Lord. This means that
anything spoken by the Personality of Godhead should be taken as it
is, with great care and attention and with great respect.
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84. A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord, taking
shelter of His lotus feet, and therefore he has a direct connection with
the saffron mercy-particles that are strewn over the lotus feet of the
Lord.
85. After self-realization, the material wisdom of the jïäné leads him to
the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord. Then he is satisfied only in
contemplating the lotus feet of the Lord constantly.
86. By the inclination to serve the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, suffering humanity can immediately cleanse the dirt which
has accumulated in their minds during innumerable births.
87. The Ganges is glorified because it emanates from the toes of the
lotus feet of the Lord.
88. The most grievous type of vaiñëava-aparädha is called gurv-

aparädha, which refers to offenses at the lotus feet of the spiritual
master.
89. The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot tolerate any offense

at the lotus feet of brähmaëas and Vaiñëavas.
90. The crown of a king is simply a big load if the king or head of the
state does not actually bear the dust of the lotus feet of brähmaëas
and Vaiñëavas.
91. By the process of karma, jïäna and yoga, no one will succeed in
driving away contamination from the heart, but once a person takes to
the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord by devotional service,
automatically all dirty things in the heart are removed without
difficulty.
92. The devotees, who are always engaged in the service of the toes of
the lotus feet of the Lord, can very easily overcome hard-knotted
desires for fruitive activities.
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93. The bhaktas, by their transcendental devotional service unto the
lotus feet of the Lord, become so overwhelmed with transcendental
bliss that automatically their desires for material enjoyment stop.
94. The jïänés and yogés, who are not attached to the lotus feet of the
Lord, simply struggle [uselessly] against the waves of desire.
95. One should therefore take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord
instead of trying unsuccessfully to stop desires for material enjoyment.
Desire becomes a source of spiritual enjoyment under the protection of
the toes of the lotus feet of the Lord.
96. Those devotees who are constantly engaged in the service of the
lotus feet of the Lord achieve not only all material benefits but also all
spiritual benefits, for at the end of life they go back home, back to
Godhead.
97. The lotus feet of the Lord are known as mahat-padam; this means
that the total source of material existence rests on the lotus feet of the
Lord.
98. The mind has to be engaged in meditation on the lotus feet of the
Lord in order to execute devotional service.
99. My dear Lord, Your two lotus feet are so beautiful that they appear
like two blossoming petals of the lotus flower which grows during the
autumn season. Indeed, the nails of Your lotus feet emanate such a
great effulgence that they immediately dissipate all the darkness in
the heart of a conditioned soul.
(Lord Çiva’s prayers in Çrémad Bhägavatam 4.24.52)
100. The First and Second Cantos of Çrémad-Bhägavatam are called

the two lotus feet of the Lord. It is therefore suggested by Lord Çiva
that one should first try to see the lotus feet of the Lord. If one is
serious about reading Çrémad-Bhägavatam, he must begin by
seriously studying the First and Second Cantos.
101. The lotus flower itself is compared to the lotus feet of the Lord,
and the petals are compared to the nails of the feet of the Lord. The
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nails of the feet of the Lord are very bright, as Brahma-saàhitä
testifies: every limb of the transcendental body of the Lord is eternally
bright
102. When one sees the lotus feet of the Lord, all kinds of doubts and
fears within the heart are vanquished.
103. For one who has unflinching faith in the lotus feet of the Lord, as
well as in the spiritual master, the real import of Vedic knowledge can
be revealed.
(Çvetäçvatara Upaniñad 6.23)
104. Simply by expansion of His eyebrows, invincible time personified

can immediately vanquish the entire universe. However, formidable
time does not approach the devotee who has taken complete shelter
at Your lotus feet.
105. My dear Lord, Your lotus feet are the cause of all auspicious
things and the destroyer of all the contamination of sin. I therefore beg
Your Lordship to bless me by the association of Your devotees, who are
completely purified by worshiping Your lotus feet and who are so
merciful upon the conditioned souls.
(Lord Çiva’s prayers in Çrémad Bhägavatam 4.24.58)
106. The Ganges water is celebrated as being able to eradicate all

kinds of sinful reactions because it emanates from the lotus feet of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, those who are directly in
touch with the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and
who are absorbed in the chanting of His glories are freed from all
material contamination.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 4.24.58 purport
107. Kåñëa consciousness cannot be achieved by self-endeavor. One

must therefore approach a self-realized, Kåñëa conscious person and
touch his lotus feet.
108. Touching the lotus feet of a spiritual master means giving up

one’s false prestige and unnecessarily puffed-up position in the
material world.
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109. “My dear Kåñëa, please help me die immediately so that the swan
of my mind may be encircled by the stem of Your lotus feet. Otherwise
at the time of my final breath, when my throat is choked up, how will it
be possible for me to think of You?”
(King Kulaçekhara Alwar in Mukunda Mala Stotra 33)
110. One who has fixed his mind on the lotus feet of Kåñëa is to be
understood as having the best education and as having studied all the
Vedas.
(Caitanya-bhägavata Antya 3.45)
111. If one is fixed in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, there is
unlimited transcendental bliss, and as such there is no need to ask for
further benediction.
112. The lotus feet of the Lord are exactly like the pärijäta trees, or
wish-fulfilling trees, and the devotees are like bumblebees. They are
always attracted by the lotus feet of the Lord.
113. One who is brought under the lotus feet of the Lord by the
endeavor of the Lord’s servant, the spiritual master, is certainly
immediately purified, however lowborn he may be.
114. One cannot become a perfect devotee of the Lord without having
touched the lotus feet of a great devotee.
115. One who is attached to the nectarean honey of the Lord’s lotus
feet, and whose mind is always absorbed in His glories, may
sometimes be checked by some impediment, but he still never gives
up the exalted position he has acquired.
116. Without serving the lotus feet of a pure Vaiñëava or spiritual

master, no one has ever attained perfect liberation from material
bondage.
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura)
117. A devotee who has taken shelter of the dust from the lotus feet of
the Lord can transcend the influence of the six material whips—namely
hunger, thirst, lamentation, illusion, old age and death—and he can
conquer the mind and five senses.
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118. A devotee who has taken shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord can
also do wonderful things unimaginable to a common man, by the grace
of the dust of those lotus feet.
119. In the subtle body, the mind is predominant, and therefore if

one’s mind is always absorbed in remembering the activities or the
lotus feet of the Lord, he is to be understood to have already changed
his present body and become purified.
120. Unless one worships the lotus feet of great devotees, one will be
conquered by the illusory energy, and his intelligence will be
bewildered.
121. The real purpose of the yoga system is to achieve the favor and
shelter of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but
this purpose is covered by the illusory energy of yogamäyä.
122. Unless one has the opportunity to smear his entire body with the
dust of the lotus feet of great devotees, one cannot realize the
Absolute Truth. There are many [other] processes to understand the
Absolute Truth, but the Absolute Truth is only revealed to one who has
attained the mercy of a great devotee.
(Jaòa Bharata to Mahäräja Rahügaëa in Çrémad Bhägavatam 5.12.12)
123. Mahäräja Ambaréña was offended by Durväsä, who even

approached Lord Viñëu for pardon. Lord Viñëu would not grant him
pardon; therefore he had to fall down at the lotus feet of Mahäräja
Ambaréña, even though Mahäräja Ambaréña was a kñatriya-gåhastha.
124. Even if one wanders for many millions of years, from the time of
creation until the time of annihilation, one cannot get free from the
path of material existence unless one receives shelter at the lotus feet
of a pure devotee.
125. For one who has taken shelter at the lotus feet of Çré Caitanya
Mahäprabhu, the highest perfection of the Mäyävädés, kaivalya, or
becoming one with the Supreme, is considered hellish, to say nothing
of the karmés’ aspiration to be promoted to the heavenly planets.
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126. Although He glances over the material world for the purpose of
creating, maintaining and destroying it, He is not affected, even to the
slightest degree. Therefore, one who desires to conquer the force of
the senses must take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.
127. Just like a desire tree, a Vaiñëava can fulfill all the desires of
anyone who takes shelter of his lotus feet.
128. When one is attracted by the beauty of the Supreme Personality

of Godhead and his mind is always engaged at the Lord’s lotus feet, he
is no longer interested in subjects that do not help him in self-
realization.
129. It would be better to live perpetually cramped within the airtight

bag of a mother’s womb, where one can at least remember the lotus
feet of the Lord, than to live in a place where there is no opportunity to
remember His lotus feet. I pray not to be allowed to take birth in such
a condemned place.
130. A devotee may desire something other than service to the lotus
feet of the Lord; yadi kare kåñëera bhajana—but if he engages in Lord
Kåñëa’s service; nä mägiteha kåñëa täre dena sva-caraëa—Kåñëa
gives him shelter at His lotus feet, even though he does not aspire for
it.
131. The pink, transparent toenails on the Lord’s lotus feet are exactly
like valuable gems polished to a mirror finish. When the unalloyed
devotees and the leaders of the snakes offer their obeisances to Lord
Saìkarñaëa with great devotion, they become very joyful upon seeing
their own beautiful faces reflected in His toenails.
132. Although not having fully realized Kåñëa, persons who have even
once surrendered completely unto His lotus feet and who have become
attracted to His name, form, qualities and pastimes are completely
freed of all sinful reactions, for they have thus accepted the true
method of atonement.
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133. A Vaiñëava, one who has surrendered to the lotus feet of Lord
Viñëu, is always protected by Lord Viñëu’s order carriers.
134. In the çästras it is said that if a person only once chants the holy
name and completely surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Lord, the
Lord immediately considers him His ward and is always inclined to give
him protection.
135. In this material world there are dangers at every step, but they
are not meant for devotees who have fully surrendered unto the lotus
feet of the Lord.
136. One can become free from all sinful reactions simply by
remembering the lotus feet of the Lord day and night
137. Paramahaàsas are exalted persons who have no taste for material
enjoyment and who drink the honey of the Lord’s lotus feet.
138. My dear servants, please bring to me only those sinful persons

who do not use their tongues to chant the holy name and qualities of
Kåñëa, whose hearts do not remember the lotus feet of Kåñëa even
once, and whose heads do not bow down even once before Lord
Kåñëa.
(Yamaräja to the Yamädütas in Çrémad Bhägavatam 6.3.29)
139. Devotees who always lick the honey from the lotus feet of Lord
Kåñëa do not care at all for material activities, which are performed
under the three modes of material nature and which bring only misery.
Indeed, devotees never give up the lotus feet of Kåñëa to return to
material activities.
(Yamaräja to the Yamädütas in Çrémad Bhägavatam 6.3.33)
140. The Lord’s lotus feet are an indestructible boat, and if one takes
shelter of that boat he can easily cross the ocean of nescience.
141. One need only seek shelter of the shade of the Lord’s lotus feet.
Then all the material tribulations that disturb him will be subdued, just
as when one comes under the shadow of a big tree, the disturbances
caused by the heat of the scorching sun are immediately mitigated,
without one’s asking for relief.
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142. A devotee’s ultimate achievement is to take shelter of the lotus

feet of the Lord in any one of the planets in the spiritual sky.
143. A devotee who has fully surrendered to the lotus feet of the Lord
knows very well that the creative energy of the living entities, from
Lord Brahmä down to the small ant, exists because the living entities
are part and parcel of the Lord.
144. The fact is that if one comes to Kåñëa consciousness, although he

may have many material desires, he becomes increasingly attracted to
the lotus feet of Kåñëa through associating with the Supreme Lord by
chanting His holy name.
145. When a mad elephant enters a nice garden, it spoils the entire
garden. Similarly, if one becomes like a mad elephant and commits
offenses at the lotus feet of a Vaiñëava, his entire spiritual career is
halted.
146. When the mind is engaged at the lotus feet of Kåñëa, the
intelligence is purified, and then the intelligence gets inspiration from
the Supersoul. Thus the living entity makes progress toward liberation
from material bondage.
147. If one is an offender at the lotus feet of a brähmaëa or Vaiñëava,

his offenses uproot all his auspicious activities. Although Hiraëyakaçipu
had received benedictions from Lord Brahmä, these benedictions
would be null and void as soon as he committed an offense at the lotus
feet of Prahläda Mahäräja, his own son.
148. One’s longevity, opulence, beauty, education and whatever else

one may possess as a result of pious activities cannot protect one if
one commits an offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiñëava.
149. Because of his association with perfect, unalloyed devotees who

had nothing to do with anything material, Prahläda Mahäräja
constantly engaged in the service of the Lord's lotus feet.
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150. One should understand himself to be part and parcel of Kåñëa
and thus completely take shelter of His lotus feet for guaranteed
spiritual success.
151. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly

thinks of the lotus feet of the Lord. Being intensely attached to thinking
of the Lord's lotus feet is called päda-sevanam.
152. When one is particularly adherent to the process of päda-

sevanam, this process gradually includes other processes, such as
seeing the form of the Lord, touching the form of the Lord,
circumambulating the form or temple of the Lord, visiting holy places
such as Jagannätha Puré, Dvärakä and Mathurä to see the Lord's form,
and bathing in the Ganges or Yamunä.
153. Bathing in the Ganges and serving a pure Vaiñëava are also
known as tadéya-upäsanam. This is also päda-sevanam. All these
processes of päda-sevanam help one advance in spiritual life very
quickly.
154. The goddess of fortune, Lakñmédevé, attained perfection by

worshiping the Lord's lotus feet.
155. Unless they smear upon their bodies the dust of the lotus feet of a
Vaiñëava completely freed from material contamination, persons very
much inclined toward materialistic life cannot be attached to the lotus
feet of the Lord, who is glorified for His uncommon activities.
156. We devotees always glorify the lotus feet of the Lord, and
therefore we need not ask for anything in terms of dharma, käma,
artha and mokña.
(Prahläda Mahäräja in Çrémad Bhägavatam 7.6.25)
157. Ätma-tattva, or spiritual knowledge, will be revealed within the

core of a devotee's heart because of his having taken shelter of the
lotus feet of a mahäjana such as Prahläda Mahäräja.
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158. Even though one may artificially think himself liberated from
material contamination, if he has not taken shelter of the Lord's lotus
feet his intelligence is polluted.
159. To take shelter of the lotus feet of Kåñëa means to act according
to the rules and regulations of bhägavata-dharma, devotional service.
160. As far as economic development is concerned, we should

discharge our occupational duties but fully depend on the lotus feet of
the Lord for the results.
161. If a demigod, demon, human being, Yakña, Gandharva or anyone

within this universe renders service to the lotus feet of Mukunda, who
can deliver liberation, he is actually situated in the most auspicious
condition of life.
162. In this material world, to render service to the lotus feet of

Govinda, the cause of all causes, and to see Him everywhere, is the
only goal of life.
163. A devotee never claims to be very powerful himself; instead, he

fully surrenders to the lotus feet of Kåñëa, being confident that in all
dangerous conditions Kåñëa will protect His devotee.
164. Unless one is able to fix the mind at the lotus feet of the Lord, the
mind is impossible to control.
165. One attains yogic perfection when he is freed from all material
diversions and his mind is fixed upon the lotus feet of the Lord.
166. If a brähmaëa has all twelve of the brahminical qualifications [as

they are stated in the book called Sanat-sujäta] but is not a devotee
and is averse to the lotus feet of the Lord, he is certainly lower than a
devotee who is a dog-eater.
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167. Everyone should be eager to return home, back to Godhead,
taking shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord and thus being fully trained
in Kåñëa consciousness.
168. Yoga practice does not mean sleeping. The mind should always
be actively fixed at the lotus feet of the Lord. Then one's practice of
yoga will be successful.
169. Those who are väsudeva-paräyaëa, who have fully surrendered to

the lotus feet of Lord Väsudeva, Kåñëa, automatically achieve the
results of mauna (silence), vrata (vows) and other such methods
simply by discharging devotional service.
170. One who has fully surrendered to the lotus feet of the Lord is no
longer a debtor to his forefathers, the great sages, human society, the
common man or any living entity.
171. The brähmaëas, by their preaching, sanctify the three worlds with
the dust of their lotus feet, and thus they are worshipable even for
Kåñëa.
172. Any religious principles opposed to the principle of surrendering

to the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kåñëa, are to
be considered religious principles of irregularity or cheating.
173. For those who are not very advanced, the practice of yoga is
recommended in order to stop the mind from being agitated by
material desires, but if one fixes his mind on the lotus feet of Kåñëa,
his mind naturally becomes peaceful very soon.
174. If with the arrow of chanting the holy name of the Lord one
pierces Lord Viñëu's lotus feet, by dint of performing this heroic
activity of devotional service one receives the benefit of returning
home, back to Godhead.
175. If we simply regard the lotus feet of Kåñëa as our ultimate shelter,
we shall be saved from all these waves of mäyä, which are variously
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exhibited as mental and sensual activities and the agitation of
rejection and acceptance.
176. If we simply place ourselves at the lotus feet of Kåñëa by taking

to Kåñëa consciousness and keeping always in touch with Him by
chanting the Hare Kåñëa mantra, we need not take much trouble in
arranging to return to the spiritual world.
177. Everyone tries to save himself from danger, but when one is
unable to save himself, if he is pious, he then takes shelter of the lotus
feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
178. Making no distinction between one nation and another, or one

community and another, the paramahaàsas preach Kåñëa
consciousness, the teachings of Bhagavad-gétä, everywhere. Thus
they are competent to see the lotus feet of the Lord.
179. The Supreme Personality of Godhead does not disappoint anyone

who takes shelter of His lotus feet.
180. Although the impersonalists say brahma satyaà jagan mithyä

—”Brahman is real, and the material world is false”—they are
nonetheless very eager to serve the false material world and neglect
the service of the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
181. Because devotees do not know anything but the lotus feet of the
Lord, the Lord is always prepared to give protection to His devotees
and fulfill their desires.
182. Everyone, regardless of whether he is a karmé, jïäné, yogé or

bhakta, should invariably take shelter of the lotus feet of Väsudeva and
render transcendental loving service unto Him so that all his desires
will be duly fulfilled.
183. The Lord is the source of the Ganges water, and therefore He is
addressed as tértha-päda, indicating that all the holy places are at His
lotus feet, or that whatever He touches with His foot becomes a holy
place.
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184. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so kind that if an

unsophisticated person, with devotion and without duplicity, offers at
the lotus feet of the Lord a little water, a flower, a fruit or a leaf, the
Lord accepts it. Then the devotee is promoted to Vaikuëöha, the
spiritual world.
185. One who takes shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord is favored by
the Lord, regardless of whether such a person is a demon or a
demigod.
186. Everyone can take shelter at the lotus feet of the Lord to enjoy
equal benedictions from the Lord, but nondevotees do not do so, and
therefore they suffer the consequences created by the material
energy.
187. The Lord does not feel pain or pleasure from any action or
reaction of this material world, but the devotees cannot tolerate even
the pricking of the Lord's lotus feet by a thorn.
188. One who achieves the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead certainly surpasses all material wealth, even that of the
demigods in the heavenly planets.
189. The mahätmäs, who fully surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord,
are directed by yogamäyä, whereas the durätmäs, those who are
devoid of devotional service, are directed by mahämäyä.
190. By chanting the Hare Kåñëa mantra constantly, one can fix the
mind on the lotus feet of Kåñëa (sa vai manaù kåñëa-padäravindayoù)
and in this way achieve the perfection of yoga.
191. When the living entity, after many, many births in different forms,
returns to his original form of Kåñëa consciousness, he immediately
surrenders unto the lotus feet of the supreme form, Kåñëa. This is
liberation.
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192. Anyone who accepts the principle of surrender to the lotus feet of
the Lord, giving up all other systems of religion, is actually dharma-
çéla, perfectly religious.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 10.1, additional notes)
193. O lotus-eyed Lord, by concentrating one's meditation on Your

lotus feet, which are the reservoir of all existence, and by accepting
those lotus feet as the boat by which to cross the ocean of nescience,
one follows in the footsteps of mahäjanas [great saints, sages and
devotees].
194. The äcärya gives the suitable method for crossing the ocean of
nescience by accepting the boat of the Lord's lotus feet, and if this
method is strictly followed, the followers will ultimately reach the
destination, by the grace of the Lord. This method is called äcärya-
sampradäya.
195. One must worship the lotus feet of the äcärya and live within the
society of devotees. Then one's endeavor to cross over nescience will
surely be successful.
196. There are many varieties of nondevotees who have their

respective ways of liberation, but simply because they do not know the
shelter of the Lord's lotus feet, although they falsely think that they
have been liberated and elevated to the highest position, they fall
down.
197. It doesn't matter whether one is a karmé, jïäné, yogé,

philanthropist, politician or whatever; if one has no love for the lotus
feet of the Lord, one falls down. That is the verdict given by Lord
Brahmä.
198. The soles of the Lord's lotus feet are marked with çaìkha-cakra-
gadä-padma—conchshell, disc, club and lotus—and also by a flag and a
thunderbolt. When Kåñëa walks on this earth or in the heavenly
planets, these marks are visible wherever He goes.
199. Because we are covered by the material modes of nature, Kåñëa

is very difficult for us to understand unless He reveals Himself to us.
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Therefore it is better for us to acknowledge that He is everything and
offer obeisances unto His lotus feet.
200. This material world, in which there is fear and danger at every
step (padaà padaà yad vipadäm), is not meant for those who have
taken shelter at Kåñëa's lotus feet.
201. Thinking the personal form of Lord Kåñëa illusory, fools reject His
lotus feet and look elsewhere to find the Supreme Self. But the futility
of their search is the obvious proof of their foolishness.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 10.14 chapter summary)
202. My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of

Your lotus feet, he can understand the greatness of Your personality.
But those who speculate to understand the Supreme Personality of
Godhead are unable to know You, even though they continue to study
the Vedas for many years.
(Lord Brahmä’s prayers to Lord Kåñëa in Çrémad Bhägavatam
10.14.29)
203. For those who have accepted the boat of the lotus feet of the
Lord, who is the shelter of the cosmic manifestation and is famous as
Muräri, the enemy of the Mura demon, the ocean of the material world
is like the water contained in a calf's hoof-print.
204. Lord Kåñëa's lotus feet are described as pallava, flower buds,
because they are most tender and of a pinkish hue.
205. According to Çréla Sanätana Gosvämé, the word pallava also

indicates that Lord Kåñëa's lotus feet are just like desire trees, which
can fulfill all the desires of the Lord's pure devotees.
206. Lord Kåñëa blessed the earth by walking on her surface with His
lotus feet. The Lord wore no shoes or other footgear but walked
barefoot in the forest, giving great anxiety to the girls of Våndävana,
who feared that His soft lotus feet would be injured.
207. Although we conditioned souls may not receive the mercy of

having the Lord dance [like he did on Käliya] on our head, we can
receive the dust of the lotus feet of the Absolute through the Lord's
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representative, the bona fide spiritual master, and thus go back home,
back to Godhead.
208. In Våndävana Kåñëa goes barefoot and can thus directly mark the
earth with the symbols of His lotus feet, thus this transcendental land
is even more glorious than Vaikuëöha, where Viñëu wears slippers.
209. A bona fide äcärya, or spiritual master, is the transparent medium

leading the disciple to the lotus feet of Kåñëa.
210. At the base of the large toe on His right foot, the unborn Lord
carries the mark of a disc, which cuts down the six [mental] enemies of
His devotees.
211. At the bottom of the middle toe of that same foot Lord Acyuta has
a lotus flower, which increases the greed for Him in the minds of the
beelike devotees who meditate on His feet.
212. At the base of His small toe is a thunderbolt, which smashes the
mountains of His devotees' reactions to past sins, and in the middle of
His heel is the mark of an elephant goad, which brings the elephants of
His devotees' minds under control.'
213. The joint of the Lord’s right large toe bears the mark of a
barleycorn, representing all kinds of enjoyable opulences.
214. A woman who fails to relish the fragrance of the honey of Your
lotus feet becomes totally befooled, and thus she accepts as her
husband or lover a living corpse covered with skin, whiskers, nails,
head-hair and body-hair and filled with flesh, bones, blood, parasites,
feces, mucus, bile and air.
(Queen Rukmiëé to Lord Kåñëa in Çrémad Bhägavatam 10.60.45 )
215. The dust of Kåñëa's lotus feet, which is the source of holiness for
all places of pilgrimage, is worshiped by all the great demigods.
216. O master, how can misfortune arise for those who have even once
freely drunk the nectar coming from Your lotus feet?
(Prayers by Lord Kåñëa's relatives in Çrémad Bhägavatam 10.83.3)
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217. Understanding this [that the soul is nothing material], one should
worship the Supreme Lord's lotus feet; such worship is the fully
bloomed flower of the tree of Vedic rituals.
218. O transcendentally blissful guru, when my mind finally achieves a

place at your lotus feet, all the tiresome labor of my spiritual practices
will be finished, and by your mercy I will experience the greatest
happiness.
(Prayers by Çréla Çrédhara Svämé in Çrémad Bhägavatam 10.87.33
purport)
219. If, in the course of his travels, the aspiring sage can begin to
realize the Supreme Lord's lotus feet in the core of his heart he will be
released from the illusion of false ego and from the painful bondage of
lust, envy and greed.
220. To protect the principles of devotional service to Himself, Lord

Kåñëa accepts the pastime forms that have been glorified here in the
Çrémad-Bhägavatam. One who desires to faithfully serve His lotus feet
should hear of the activities He performs in each of these incarnations.
221. Actually, God is in our home, God is in the street, God is in our
office, God is in the forest, God is everywhere, and therefore God
should be worshiped everywhere by the process of devotional service
at His lotus feet.
222. Those who neglect or show indifference to the devotees of the

Lord are to be considered offenders at the lotus feet of Viñëu.
(Çréla Madhväcärya cited in Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.2.47 purport)
223. The unique mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is

exhibited in the activities of His pure devotees who selflessly travel
around the universe distributing the dust particles from Kåñëa's lotus
feet on the heads of the conditioned souls.
224. It should be understood that unless one comes in contact with the
lotus feet of a pure devotee of the Lord, the path of freedom from
material illusion is very difficult to understand.
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225. A person who is not bewildered by the inevitable miseries of
material existence, and who remains aloof from them simply by
remembering the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is
to be considered bhägavata-pradhäna, the foremost devotee of the
Lord.
226. As one's devotional service gradually intensifies and one

repeatedly bathes in dust from the lotus feet of a pure devotee, the
harassment of birth, death, hunger, thirst, fear and so on gradually
cease disturbing the mind.
227. A pure devotee cannot contemplate ruling or enjoying universal

opulence; even if given all the opulence of the universe, he would
immediately offer it at the lotus feet of the Lord and return to his
position of a humble servant of the Lord.
228. The lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa are so opulent that even the lords of
all material opulence, namely Brahmä and Çiva, as well as the other
demigods, are always searching for a glimpse of the Lord's lotus feet.
229. When the moon rises, the expansion of its rays drives away the
distress of the sun's fierce heat. Similarly, the cooling rays emanating
from the lotus nails of the Personality of Godhead's lotus feet vanquish
all distress for the Lord's pure devotee.
230. The pure devotees of the Lord place the Lord's cooling, jewellike
lotus feet within their hearts, and thus all of the pain and suffering of
material existence are extinguished.
231. When a devotee who has taken shelter of the Lord's lotus feet
chants the holy name of Kåñëa with genuine love, the Supreme
Personality of Godhead can never give up the heart of such a devotee.
232. Unless one surrenders at the lotus feet of Mäyeça, the Lord of the
illusory potency, there is no possibility of escaping from illusion.
Childishly declaring that there is no illusory potency is useless, since
mäyä is duratyayä, or insurpassable for the tiny living entity.
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233. When one seriously engages in the devotional service of the
Personality of Godhead, fixing the Lord's lotus feet within one's heart
as the only goal of life, one can destroy the innumerable impure
desires lodged within the heart.
234. Dovetailing one's work with the service of the Lord is an art one
should learn at the lotus feet of the bona fide spiritual master.
235. A bona fide spiritual master must be a soul surrendered at the

lotus feet of the Supreme Lord.
236. Only the most unfortunate person will consider that there is a
higher pleasure than ecstatic surrender at the lotus feet of
Gokulänanda, the Personality of Godhead.
237. I worship Your lotus feet, which are the only eternal object of
meditation. Those feet destroy the embarrassing conditions of material
life and freely award the greatest desire of the soul, the attainment of
pure love of Godhead.
(Çré Karabhäjana’s prayers in Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.5.33)
238. All harassments caused by family members, strangers, so-called

friends who are unfaithful, opposing nations, financial competition,
social disgrace, cancer, etc., can be relieved by taking shelter of the
lotus feet of Caitanya Mahäprabhu.
239. Lord Çiva and Lord Brahmä are undoubtedly the two most
powerful personalities within this universe. Still, they meticulously
worship the lotus feet of Caitanya Mahäprabhu.
240. Those yogés who falsely select some other object of meditation
besides the lotus feet of the Lord are simply creating obstructions to
their own eternal life.
241. Intelligent persons situated in the varëäçrama system serve two

kinds of holy places: the nectarean rivers of the topics of Kåñëa and
the nectarean rivers flowing from the Lord's lotus feet.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.6 summary)
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242. Great sages, desiring the highest benefit in life, always cherish
Your lotus feet within their hearts, which are melted by love for You.
Your lotus feet are just like a blazing fire that burns to ashes all the
inauspicious desires for material sense gratification.
(Prayers by demigods to Lord Kåñëa in Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.6.10)
243. The pure devotees (parama-bhägavataiù) are eager to cross

beyond the kingdom of illusion so that they can serve Lord Kåñëa's
lotus feet in pure loving ecstasy.
244. When a sincere devotee eagerly desires to attain the shelter of

the Lord's lotus feet, the Lord brings him to His personal abode, just as
the demigods were brought to Dvärakä by Lord Kåñëa's arrangement.
245. Your lotus feet inspire fear in the demons by driving them down to
hell and fearlessness among Your devotees by elevating them to the
perfection of heavenly life.
(Prayers by demigods to Lord Kåñëa in Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.6.13)
246. The lotus feet of the Personality of Godhead are most pure, all-
pervading and the oldest of all. One who is purified by them crosses
over all previous sinful activities.
(çruti-mantra quoted in Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.6.13 purport)
247. Every morning in ISKCON temples, the lotus feet of the Deity of
Kåñëa are bathed, and the water thus sanctified is called caraëämåta,
the nectar of Kåñëa's lotus feet.
248. One who is advanced in knowledge undoubtedly becomes

humble, and thus an expert advanced human will never neglect the
lotus feet of the pure devotees of the Lord.
249. According to Çréla Viçvanätha Cakravarté Öhäkura, säìkhya-yoga

refers to the rigorous intellectual progress of the jïäna-yoga system,
along with the devotion of bhakti-yoga, which emphasizes the mercy of
the lotus feet of the pure devotees.
250. A pure devotee, having taken shelter of the Lord's lotus feet,
possesses great spiritual power, and therefore he cannot be surpassed
or overwhelmed.
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251. Having taken complete shelter at My lotus feet, a saintly person
ultimately renounces ordinary religious duties and worships Me alone.
He is thus considered to be the best among all living entities.
252. Without surrender to the lotus feet of the Lord, mere renunciation
cannot take one out of this material world.
253. With the dust of My devotees' lotus feet I desire to purify the
material worlds, which are situated within Me. Thus, I always follow the
footsteps of My pure devotees, who are free from all personal desire,
rapt in thought of My pastimes, peaceful, without any feelings of
enmity, and of equal disposition everywhere.
254. Persons who give up the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa in order to
pursue so-called happiness in mystic perfection will undoubtedly be
frustrated in their attempt.
255. When the mind deviates from the lotus feet of the Lord, the
duality of material nature again becomes prominent within the mind,
and one resumes a work program based on the three modes of
material nature.
256. The bona fide spiritual master is the representative of Lord Kåñëa,
and worship of the äcärya [spiritual master] goes directly to the lotus
feet of the Lord.
257. Those who have achieved complete perfection through

philosophical and realized knowledge recognize My lotus feet to be the
supreme transcendental object. Thus the learned transcendentalist is
most dear to Me.
258. My dear Lord, for one who is being tormented on the terrible path
of birth and death and is constantly overwhelmed by the threefold
miseries, I do not see any possible shelter other than Your two lotus
feet, which are just like a refreshing umbrella that pours down showers
of delicious nectar.
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259. If the devotee tries to purify himself through cultivation of
knowledge and renunciation, which fall outside the scope of devotional
service, there is danger of his being deviated from the Lord's lotus feet
and falling down completely from the transcendental path.
260. Within this world one's heart is bound by sex attraction, which
disturbs one's meditation on the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa.
261. Only when one can focus his intelligence on the lotus feet of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead can the mind be completely subdued;
this is the essence of all practical prescriptions for spiritual
advancement.
(Çrémad Bhägavatam 11.23 chapter summary)
262. Those who are completely dedicated to the lotus feet of Kåñëa in
service are actually sannyäsés.
263. Those fearful of being dragged down by material lust and anger
should take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord's devotees, who can
engage one safely in the Lord's loving service.
264. In return for my insignificant surrender, You have mercifully

bestowed upon me, Your servant, the torchlight of transcendental
knowledge. Therefore, what devotee of Yours who has any gratitude
could ever give up Your lotus feet and take shelter of another master?
(Çré Uddhava’s prayers to Lord Kåñëa in 11.29.38)
265. As long as Lord Çré Kåñëa, the husband of the goddess of fortune,
touched the earth with His lotus feet, Kali was powerless to subdue this
planet.
266. Although the great personalities who control the three worlds all
bow down to the lotus feet of the Supreme Lord, the petty and
miserable human beings of this age will not do so.
267. I offer my obeisances to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the

invincible Lord Çré Kåñëa. Simply by meditating upon His lotus feet I
have been able to study and appreciate this great literature [Çrémad
Bhägavatam].
(Mahäräja Parikñit in Çrémad Bhägavatam 12.6.35)
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268. By respecting and attentively hearing the recitation of the
transcendental qualities of the Supreme Lord, the husband of the
goddess of fortune, one can remember His lotus feet.
269. Remembrance of Lord Kåñëa's lotus feet destroys everything

inauspicious and awards the greatest good fortune. It purifies the heart
and bestows devotion for the Supreme Soul, along with knowledge
enriched with realization and renunciation.
270. If one thinks that he is above consulting anyone else, including a

spiritual master, he is at once an offender at the lotus feet of the Lord.
Such an offender can never go back to Godhead.
(Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Ädé léla 1.35 purport)
271. The soul can be solaced only by the mercy of Lord Çré Caitanya
Mahäprabhu and His many bona fide devotees, who never leave the
lotus feet of the Lord to become imitation Mahäprabhus but all cling to
His lotus feet like bees that never leave a honey-soaked lotus flower.
272. Those who have taken shelter of the lotus feet of the Personality
of Godhead do not identify with the material world, even while living in
it.
273. By the potency of the shelter of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu’s lotus

feet, even a fool can collect the valuable jewels of conclusive truth
from the mines of the revealed scriptures.
(Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Ädé léla 3.1)
274. Taking shelter of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu’s lotus feet invokes

transcendental love of God at once.
275. To surpass the influence of the illusory energy is very difficult, but
those who are determined to catch hold of the lotus feet of the Lord
are freed from the clutches of mäyä.
276. If one wants to be satisfied in the pleasure of society, friendship

and love, he need not seek shelter at the lotus feet of Govinda, for if
one takes shelter under His lotus feet he will forget that minute
quantity of so-called pleasure.
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277. Nåsiàhadeva offered Prahläda Mahäräja all kinds of benedictions,

but Prahläda Mahäräja did not accept any of them, for he simply
wanted to engage in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord.
278. Although Kåñëa’s friends fight with Him and climb upon His
shoulders, they worship His lotus feet in a spirit of servitude.
279. The dust of Kåñëa’s lotus feet is the crown of unconquerable

soldiers. May those lotus feet, which are the shelter of the goddess of
fortune, be the object of my worship.
(Queen Rukmiëé in Çrémad-Bhägavatam 10.83.8 quoted in Çré
Caitanya-caritämåta, Ädé léla 6.73)
280. It is a characteristic of love of Godhead that by nature it induces

transcendental symptoms in one’s body and makes one more and
more greedy to achieve the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord.
281. One who considers the transcendental body of Lord Viñëu to be

made of material nature is the greatest offender at the lotus feet of the
Lord. There is no greater blasphemy against the Supreme Personality
of Godhead.
282. I worship the primeval Lord, Govinda. Gaëeça always holds His
lotus feet upon the pair of tumuli protruding from his elephant head in
order to obtain power for his function of destroying all obstacles on the
path of progress in the three worlds.”
(Çré Brahma-saàhitä 5.50)
283. If one’s heart does not change, tears do not flow from his eyes,
his body does not shiver, and his bodily hairs do not stand on end as
he chants the Hare Kåñëa mahä-mantra, it should be understood that
his heart is as hard as iron. This is due to his offenses at the lotus feet
of the Lord’s holy name.
284. Lord Caitanya is very merciful to anyone who hears this narration
of His birth, and thus such a person attains the lotus feet of the Lord.
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285. The person who has not at any time received the dust of the feet
of the Lord's pure devotee upon his head is certainly a dead body. And
the person who has never experienced the aroma of the tulasé leaves
from the lotus feet of the Lord is also a dead body, although breathing.
(Çrémad-Bhägavatam 2.3.23)
286. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of Lord

Caitanya because simply by offering a flower at His lotus feet even the
most ardent materialist becomes a devotee.
(Kåñëadäsa Kaviräja Goswami in Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Ädé léla
15.1)
287. Despite being contaminated by all the bad qualities of this Kali-
yuga, if one surrenders unto the lotus feet of Çré Caitanya
Mahäprabhu, the Lord will surely and certainly deliver him.
288. Everyone knows that lotus flowers grow in the water but water
never grows from a lotus. All such contradictions, however, are
wonderfully possible in Kåñëa: the great river Ganges has grown from
His lotus feet.
289. In Vedic society, after the death of a relative, especially one’s

father or mother, one must go to Gayä and there offer oblations to the
lotus feet of Lord Viñëu.
290. Only a person who has firm faith in the wonderful pastimes of
Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu can approach His lotus feet.
291. Although the Mäyävädé sannyäsés rise to a very high position by

executing severe austerities and penances, they still hover in the
material world without the benediction of the lotus feet of the Lord.
(Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya léla 6.235)
292. The jïänés, although theoretically understanding that they are not
the body, have no information about the lotus feet of the Lord because
they overly stress impersonalism.
(Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya léla 6.235 purport)
293. Since all types of muktis reside at the lotus feet of Çré Kåñëa, He
may be called mukti-pada.
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294. A pure devotee is completely surrendered to the lotus feet of the
Lord, and only by his love does he conquer Kåñëa, who cannot be
conquered by anyone.
295. When one’s dormant Kåñëa consciousness is awakened, it

spontaneously flows to the lotus feet of Kåñëa without impediment.
296. A man becomes purified simply by hearing the holy name of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose lotus feet create the holy
places of pilgrimage. Therefore what remains to be attained by those
who have become His servants?
297. Complete attainment of the lotus feet of Lord Kåñëa is made

possible by love of Godhead, specifically mädhurya-rasa, or conjugal
love.
298. Only transcendentally elevated persons in the mood of the gopés

can engage in the service of the lotus feet of Rädhä and Kåñëa.
299. After much hard labor, a person highly learned in Vedic literature
certainly becomes very famous. However, one who is always hearing
and chanting the glories of the lotus feet of Mukunda within his heart is
certainly superior.
300. “I underwent meditation and austerities for sixty thousand years

just to understand the dust of the lotus feet of the gopés. Still, I could
not understand it. To say nothing of me, even Lord Çiva, Lord Çeña and
the goddess of fortune, Lakñmé, could not understand it.”
(Lord Brahmä cited in Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya léla 8.246
purport)
301. The chief duty of every living entity is to meditate upon the lotus
feet of Rädhä and Kåñëa.
(Çréla Rämänanda Räya in Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya léla
8.253)
302. When one surrenders unto the lotus feet of the Lord, he does so
with everything in his possession—his house, his body, his mind and
whatever else he possesses.
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(Çréla Bhaktivinode Öhäkura quoted in Çré Caitanya-caritämåta,
Madhya léla 10.55)
303. The tips of the toes of Kåñëa’s lotus feet reflect the beauty of the
bodies of unlimited millions of Cupids, and His bodily luster has never
been seen or heard of anywhere.
(tantra-çästra quoted in Çré Caitanya-caritämåta, Madhya léla 12.215
purport)
304. When one’s mind does not accept and reject but simply becomes
fixed on the lotus feet of Kåñëa, then one’s mind becomes as good as
Våndävana.
305. Those who are actually on the platform of Brahman realization

and who have not offended the lotus feet of Kåñëa can immediately
become Vaiñëavas simply by smelling the aroma of the Lord’s lotus
feet.
306. When a person is attached to Kåñëa’s lotus feet, he does not eat
anything not offered to Kåñëa.
307. Although people in this age are fallen, if they simply submit
themselves at the lotus feet of Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu, they will be
saved from sinful reactions.
308. Since the Vedas enjoin one to search out Kåñëa and take shelter
at His lotus feet, and since no Vedic process but devotional service will
enable one to do this, one has to take to devotional service.
309. While offering their dues and presents in worship, the

predominating deities of all the planets touch the lotus feet of the Lord
with their helmets. Thus they offer prayers to the Lord.
309. When the conditioned soul attains his real spiritual energy and
fully surrenders unto the Lord’s lotus feet, he tries to engage in the
Lord’s service.
310. If the conditioned soul engages in the service of the Lord and
simultaneously carries out the orders of his spiritual master and serves
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him, he can get out of the clutches of mäyä and become eligible for
shelter at Kåñëa’s lotus feet.
311. If those who desire material enjoyment or merging into the

existence of the Absolute Truth engage in the Lord’s transcendental
loving service, they will immediately attain shelter at Kåñëa’s lotus
feet, although they did not ask for it.
312. Unless human society accepts the dust of the lotus feet of great
mahätmäs—devotees who have nothing to do with material
possessions—mankind cannot turn its attention to the lotus feet of
Kåñëa.
313. When a devotee fully surrenders unto Kåñëa’s lotus feet, Kåñëa
accepts him as one of His confidential associates.
314. The Çrémad-Bhägavatam can be recited only by one who has

unflinching faith in the lotus feet of Kåñëa and His devotee, the
spiritual master.
315. Although the pure devotee does not follow all the regulative
principles of varëäçrama, he worships the lotus feet of Kåñëa.
Therefore he naturally has no tendency to commit sin.
316. Nondevotees cannot understand the exchange of transcendental

mellows between the devotees and the Lord. In all respects, this is
very difficult to understand, but one who has dedicated everything to
the lotus feet of Kåñëa can taste the transcendental mellows.
317. When, due to having obtained the lotus feet of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, one has no material miseries, he attains mahä-
pürëa, the highest level of perfection.
318. In this material world, all living entities are disturbed due to their
flickering position. A devotee, however, is fixed in the service of the
lotus feet of the Lord, the master of the senses. Such a person is to be
considered situated in endurance and patience.
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319. The devotees who have taken shelter of the lotus feet of Çré
Caitanya Mahäprabhu take the responsibility for distributing nectarean
devotional service all over the world. They are like clouds pouring
water on the ground that nourishes the fruit of love of Godhead in this
world.
320. By studying the Gétä, one becomes fully conscious of the position
of Lord Kåñëa; and when he is situated at the lotus feet of Kåñëa, he
understands the narrations of Kåñëa as described in Çrémad-
Bhägavatam.
(Kåñëa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Introduction)
321. The concentration of the mind upon the lotus feet of the Lord is
called samädhi.
(Kåñëa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Chapter 14)
322. Aspiring for elevation to the heavenly planets, liberation, all kinds
of material opulence, or perfection in the powers of mystic yoga,
everyone throughout the universe worships the lotus feet of Lord
Kåñëa.
(Kåñëa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Chapter 81)
323. If we chant and hear, then remembrance will automatically come,

and then we shall engage in worshiping Kåñëa's lotus feet
(Teachings of Queen Kunté, Chapter 5)
324. Constantly remembering the lotus feet of the Lord means

preparing for liberation from birth and death.
325. One has to learn how to see Kåñëa's lotus feet and offer a little
tulasé and sandalwood pulp at the lotus feet of the Lord, and then this
current of material life will stop.
326. Vaiñëavas take shelter of the lotus feet of Rädhäräëé, for if She
recommends, “Oh, here is a nice devotee,” Kåñëa must accept him.
327. Kuntédevé prays that just as the River Ganges flows toward the
sea, her attraction will flow incessantly toward Kåñëa's lotus feet. This
is called ananya-bhakti, unalloyed devotion.
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328. O Lord Mukunda! I bow down my head to Your Lordship and
respectfully ask You to fulfill this one desire of mine: that in each of my
future births I will, by Your Lordship's mercy, always remember and
never forget Your lotus feet.
(King Kulaçekhara’s prayers to Lord Kåñëa in Mukunda-mälä-stotra,
mantra 3)
329. Constant remembrance of the lotus feet of the Lord is possible

only when one engages in His active service.
(Mukunda-mälä-stotra, mantra 3 purport)
330. O Lord, killer of the demon Naraka! I pray only that at the point of
death I may remember Your two lotus feet, whose beauty defies that of
the lotus growing in the Çarat season.
(King Kulaçekhara in Mukunda-mälä-stotra, mantra 6)
331. As one cleans the altar, cooks, or dresses the Deity, one should
relish the nectar of meditating on the Lord's lotus feet.
(Mukunda-mälä-stotra, mantra 18 purport)
332. All glories to Lord Näräyaëa! Without remembrance of His lotus

feet, recitation of scripture is merely crying in the wilderness.
333. O Mädhava, please do not let me even glance at those whose

pious credits are so depleted that they have no devotion for Your lotus
feet.
334. O Lord Kåñëa, at this moment let the royal swan of my mind enter
the tangled stems of the lotus of Your lotus feet. How will it be possible
for me to remember You at the time of death, when my throat will be
choked up with mucus, bile, and air?
335. Our knowledge is so poor, our senses are so imperfect, and our
sources are so limited that it is not possible for us to have even the
slightest knowledge of the absolute region without surrendering
ourselves at the lotus feet of Çré Vyäsadeva or his bona fide
representative.
(Çréla Prabhupäda in his Vyäsa Püja address in honor of his spiritual
master, Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Gosvämé)
336. We are now so much on the safe side that no amount of

philosophical argument by the empiric schools of thought can deviate
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us an inch from the position of our eternal dependence on the lotus
feet of His Divine Grace.
337. Let me with all my earnestness pray at the lotus feet of my divine
master to allow me to suffer the lot for which I am destined due to my
past misdoings, but to let me have this power of recollection: that I am
nothing but a tiny servant of the Almighty Absolute Godhead.
338. Reading the first two cantos of the Çrémad Bhägavatam is like
contemplating the lotus feet of the Lord, and as one gradually
progresses, one looks upon the Lord's various bodily limbs, until finally
one sees His smiling face in the Tenth Canto's account of His pastimes
with the gopés.
(Närada Bhakti Sütra 2.23 purport)
339. Just as a cloud pours water on a forest fire to extinguish it, so the
spiritual master delivers the materially afflicted world by extinguishing
the blazing fire of material existence. I offer my respectful obeisances
unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
(Çré Guruväñöakam prayers by Çréla Viçwanätha Cakravarthi Öhäkura)
340. Chanting the holy name, dancing in ecstasy, singing, and playing
musical instruments, the spiritual master is always gladdened by the
saìkértana movement of Lord Caitanya Mahäprabhu. I offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
341. The spiritual master is always engaged in the temple worship of

Çré Çré Rädhä and Kåñëa. He also engages his disciples in such
worship. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master.
342. When the spiritual master sees that the devotees are satisfied by
eating bhagavat-prasäda, he is satisfied. I offer my respectful
obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
343. The spiritual master is always eager to hear and chant about the
unlimited conjugal pastimes of Rädhikä and Mädhava, and Their
qualities, names, and forms. I offer my respectful obeisances unto the
lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
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344. The spiritual master is very dear, because he is expert in assisting

the gopés, who at different times make different tasteful arrangements
for the perfection of Rädhä and Kåñëa's conjugal loving affairs within
the groves of Våndävana. I offer my most humble obeisances unto the
lotus feet of such a spiritual master.
345. The spiritual master is to be honored as much as the Supreme

Lord, because he is the most confidential servitor of the Lord.
Therefore I offer my respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of such a
spiritual master, who is a bona fide representative of Çré Hari [Kåñëa].
346. By the mercy of the spiritual master one receives the benediction
of Kåñëa. Without the grace of the spiritual master, one cannot make
any advancement. At least three times a day I should offer my
respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet of my spiritual master.
347. The lotus feet of our spiritual master are the only way by which
we can attain pure devotional service. I bow to his lotus feet with great
awe and reverence. By his grace one can cross the ocean of material
suffering and obtain the mercy of Kåñëa.
(Çré Guru-vandanä)
348. My only wish is to have my consciousness purified by the words

emanating from lotus mouth of my spiritual master. Attachment to his
lotus feet is the perfection that fulfills all desires.
349. O (spiritual) master! Be merciful unto me. Give me the shade of

your lotus feet. Your fame is spread all over the three worlds.
350. O Lord, there is no treasure worth seeking in this world other than
Your lotus feet. Bhaktivinode abandons all his mundane knowledge and
makes Your lotus feet the sum and substance of his life.
(Çréla Bhaktivode Öhäkura in the song Vidyära Viläse)
351. The dust of the lotus feet of pure devotees, enthusiastic

devotional service, and service to the pure devotees of the highest
order are the roots of the creeper of devotion.
(Çréla Bhaktivode Öhäkura in the song Çuddha Bhakata)
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352. Accept this fallen servant and fix me as a particle of dust on Your
lotus feet. Kindly give shelter to this Bhaktivinode. O most merciful
Lord, actually I am Your eternal servant, but having forgotten this I
have become bound up in the network of mäyä.
(Çréla Bhaktivode Öhäkura in the song Anädi Karama Phale)
353. O Lord Kåñëa, son of Nanda, accompanied by the daughter of

Våñabhänu, please be merciful to me now. Narottama däsa says, “O
Lord, please do not push me away from Your reddish lotus feet, for who
is my beloved except for You?”
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura in the song Hari Hari Biphale)
354. Anyone who has accepted the two lotus feet of Lord Caitanya as
their only asset knows the true essence of devotional service.
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura in the song Sävaraëa-çré-gaura-
mahimä)
355. The lotus feet of Lord Nityänanda are a shelter where one will get
the soothing moonlight not only of one, but of millions of moons.
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura in the song Manaù-çikñä)
356. Unless one takes shelter under the shade of the lotus feet of Lord
Nityänanda, it will be very difficult for him to approach Rädhä-Kåñëa.
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura in the song Manaù-çikñä)
357. One should not misunderstand and think that as he has caught
hold of mäyä, similarly the lotus feet of Nityänanda may also be
something like that mäyä, or illusion.
(Purport to the song Manaù-çikñä)
358. O mind, just worship the lotus feet of the son of Nanda, which
make one fearless.
(Çréla Govinda Däsa Kaviräja in the song Bhajahü Re Mana)
359. All glories to the wives of the proud Vedic brähmaëas. All glories
to the wives of the Käliya serpent. Through pure devotion they all
obtained the lotus feet of Lord Govinda.
(Çré Jähnavä Devé in the song Jaya Rädhe Jaya Kåñëa)
360. Your leaves and soft maïjarés are entwined at the lotus feet of
Näräyaëa, the Lord of Lakñmé. O blessed mother Tulasé, you
performed successful austerities and have thus become the chief
consort and queen of Çré Çälagräma-çilä.
(Prayers to Mother Tulasé by Candraçekhara Kavi)
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361. Lord Jagannätha’s lotus feet are worshipped by great personalities
such as Lakñmé, Çiva, Brahmä, Indra and Gaëeça. May that Lord of the
Universe kindly become visible unto me.
(Çré Jagannäthäñöakam by Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu)
362. It is certain that Lord Jagannätha bestows His lotus feet upon
those who feel themselves humbled and helpless. May that Lord of the
Universe kindly become visible unto me.
(Çré Jagannäthäñöakam by Çré Caitanya Mahäprabhu)
363. O Acyuta! Although the great Lord Brahmä, in his trance of

samädhi, is unable to see even a particle of the effulgence emanating
from the tips of the nails of Your lotus feet, still I desire this vision, for I
have heard of the wonderful waves of Your mercy.
(Çréla Rüpa Goswämé in Stava-Mälä)
364. O my Lord, since You are an ocean of mercy, I pray for a drop of
that mercy—the treasure of serving Your lotus feet.
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura in the song präëeçvara! nivedana ei
jana kare)
365. The lotus feet of Rädhä and Kåñëa are my only treasure and the
ultimate goal of my life. O deliverer of the fallen souls, please give me
the wealth of these lotus feet because I have no one except You.
(Çréla Narottama däsa Öhäkura in the song Svabhiñöa-lälasä)
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Pädasevanam

Serving the Lotus Feet of Lord Kåñëa

Pädasevanam, rendering menial service, is thus the fourth limb of

Çréla Bhaktisiddhänta Sarasvaté Öhäkura explains that the word

Pädasevanam has to be executed with the assistance of the other

Picture: Plate 8, Canto 3, Part 2

1. In the Brahma-saàhitä it is stated that Ganapati worships the lotus

4. Just try to worship, in devotional service, Väsudeva, the Supreme

6. My Lord, if one is favored by even a slight trace of the mercy of Your

8. A brähmaëa who has studied the three Vedas is called a tri-vedé.

9. It is understood from Vedic literature that the liberated souls who

11. An offense at the lotus feet of the Lord is sometimes excused by

(Çrémad Bhägavatam Canto 1 chapter 8 summary)

21. The Lord is all-powerful, and if He is satisfied by our obedience

26. The Lord is impartial to all circumstances of the sufferings of the

29. The mind is easily conquered simply by engaging it at the lotus

36. O my Lord, devotees who engage in the transcendental loving

37. The pure devotee of the Lord enjoys life by constantly

40. The two essentials for self-realization—knowledge and detachment

42. The yoga system as recommended in Bhagavad-gétä is to

52. After many births, mature yogés, by complete trance in yoga,

55. A pure devotee, who is attached to the activities of devotional

56. Because non-devotees neglect the transcendental loving service of

58. If we divert our mind to thoughts of material enjoyment, then our

62. By his constitutional position, Lord Çiva is always great and

65. The Supreme Lord is described as mahat-pada, which means that

71. Undoubtedly it is troublesome to go from one holy place to

73. The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so great that simply by

74. The Lord is sometimes described as çiva-viriïci-nutam [Çrémad

77. The devotee’s love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is so

78. An offense at the lotus feet of a Vaiñëava is the greatest offense in

79. To endeavor to be situated in the shade of the lotus feet of the

83. One should accept the instructions of the Supreme Personality of

88. The most grievous type of vaiñëava-aparädha is called gurv-

89. The Supreme Personality of Godhead cannot tolerate any offense

100. The First and Second Cantos of Çrémad-Bhägavatam are called

104. Simply by expansion of His eyebrows, invincible time personified

106. The Ganges water is celebrated as being able to eradicate all

107. Kåñëa consciousness cannot be achieved by self-endeavor. One

108. Touching the lotus feet of a spiritual master means giving up

116. Without serving the lotus feet of a pure Vaiñëava or spiritual

119. In the subtle body, the mind is predominant, and therefore if

123. Mahäräja Ambaréña was offended by Durväsä, who even

128. When one is attracted by the beauty of the Supreme Personality

129. It would be better to live perpetually cramped within the airtight

138. My dear servants, please bring to me only those sinful persons

142. A devotee’s ultimate achievement is to take shelter of the lotus

144. The fact is that if one comes to Kåñëa consciousness, although he

147. If one is an offender at the lotus feet of a brähmaëa or Vaiñëava,

148. One’s longevity, opulence, beauty, education and whatever else

149. Because of his association with perfect, unalloyed devotees who

151. One obtains the perfection of remembering when one constantly

152. When one is particularly adherent to the process of päda-

154. The goddess of fortune, Lakñmédevé, attained perfection by

157. Ätma-tattva, or spiritual knowledge, will be revealed within the

160. As far as economic development is concerned, we should

161. If a demigod, demon, human being, Yakña, Gandharva or anyone

162. In this material world, to render service to the lotus feet of

163. A devotee never claims to be very powerful himself; instead, he

166. If a brähmaëa has all twelve of the brahminical qualifications [as

169. Those who are väsudeva-paräyaëa, who have fully surrendered to

172. Any religious principles opposed to the principle of surrendering