यथोपश्रयमाणस्य भगवन्तं विभावसुम् । शीतं भयं तमोऽप्येति साधून् संसेवतस्तथा ॥ ३१ ॥
yathopaśrayamāṇasya bhagavantaṁ vibhāvasum śītaṁ bhayaṁ tamo ’pyeti sādhūn saṁsevatas tathā
- yathā
- just as
- upaśrayamāṇasya
- of one who is approaching
- bhagavantam
- the powerful
- vibhāvasum
- fire
- śītam
- cold
- bhayam
- fear
- tamaḥ
- darkness
- apyeti
- are removed
- sādhūn
- saintly devotees
- saṁsevataḥ
- for one who is serving
- tathā
- similarly
Just as cold, fear and darkness are eradicated for one who has approached the sacrificial fire, so dullness, fear and ignorance are destroyed for one engaged in serving the devotees of the Lord.