भार: परं पट्टकिरीटजुष्ट - मप्युत्तमाङ्गं न नमेन्मुकुन्दम् । शावौ करौ नो कुरुते सपर्यां हरेर्लसत्काञ्चनकङ्कणौ वा ॥ २१ ॥
bharah param patta-kirita-justam apy uttamangam na namen mukundam savau karau no kurute saparyam harer lasat-kancana-kankanau va
- bharah
- a great burden
- param
- heavy
- patta
- silk
- kirita
- turban
- justam
- dressed with
- api
- even
- uttama
- upper
- angam
- parts of the body
- na
- never
- namet
- bow down
- mukundam
- Lord Krsna, the deliverer
- savau
- dead bodies
- karau
- hands
- no
- do not
- kurute
- do
- saparyam
- worshiping
- hareh
- of the Personality of Godhead
- lasat
- glittering
- kancana
- made of gold
- kankanau
- bangles
- va
- even though.
The upper portion of the body, though crowned with a silk turban, is only a heavy burden if not bowed down before the Personality of Godhead who can award mukti (freedom). And the hands, though decorated with glittering bangles, are like those of a dead man if not engaged in the service of the Personality of Godhead Hari.