स वै मन: कृष्णपदारविन्दयो- र्वचांसि वैकुण्ठगुणानुवर्णने । करौ हरेर्मन्दिरमार्जनादिषु श्रुतिं चकाराच्युतसत्कथोदये ॥ १८ ॥ मुकुन्दलिङ्गालयदर्शने दृशौ तद्भृत्यगात्रस्पर्शेऽङ्गसङ्गमम् । घ्राणं च तत्पादसरोजसौरभे श्रीमत्तुलस्या रसनां तदर्पिते ॥ १९ ॥ पादौ हरे: क्षेत्रपदानुसर्पणे शिरो हृषीकेशपदाभिवन्दने । कामं च दास्ये न तु कामकाम्यया यथोत्तमश्लोकजनाश्रया रति: ॥ २० ॥
sa vai manah krsna-padaravindayor vacamsi vaikuntha-gunanuvarnane karau harer mandira-marjanadisu srutim cakaracyuta-sat-kathodaye mukunda-lingalaya-darsane drsau tad-bhrtya-gatra-sparse ’nga-sangamam ghranam ca tat-pada-saroja-saurabhe srimat-tulasya rasanam tad-arpite padau hareh ksetra-padanusarpane siro hrsikesa-padabhivandane kamam ca dasye na tu kama-kamyaya yathottamasloka-janasraya ratih
- sah
- he (Maharaja Ambarisa)
- vai
- indeed
- manah
- his mind
- krsna-pada-aravindayoh
- (fixed) upon the two lotus feet of Lord Krsna
- vacamsi
- his words
- vaikuntha-guna-anuvarnane
- describing the glories of Krsna
- karau
- his two hands
- hareh mandira-marjana-adisu
- in activities like cleansing the temple of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- srutim
- his ear
- cakara
- engaged
- acyuta
- of or about Krsna, who never falls down
- sat-katha-udaye
- in hearing the transcendental narrations
- mukunda-linga-alaya-darsane
- in seeing the Deity and temples and holy dhamas of Mukunda
- drsau
- his two eyes
- tat-bhrtya
- of the servants of Krsna
- gatra-sparse
- in touching the bodies
- anga-sangamam
- contact of his body
- ghranam ca
- and his sense of smell
- tat-pada
- of His lotus feet
- saroja
- of the lotus flower
- saurabhe
- in (smelling) the fragrance
- srimat-tulasyah
- of the tulasi leaves
- rasanam
- his tongue
- tat-arpite
- in the prasada offered to the Lord
- padau
- his two legs
- hareh
- of the Personality of Godhead
- ksetra
- holy places like the temple or Vrndavana and Dvaraka
- pada-anusarpane
- walking to those places
- sirah
- the head
- hrsikesa
- of Krsna, the master of the senses
- pada-abhivandane
- in offering obeisances to the lotus feet
- kamam ca
- and his desires
- dasye
- in being engaged as a servant
- na
- not
- tu
- indeed
- kama-kamyaya
- with a desire for sense gratification
- yatha
- as
- uttamasloka-jana-asraya
- if one takes shelter of a devotee such as Prahlada
- ratih
- attachment
Maharaja Ambarisa always engaged his mind in meditating upon the lotus feet of Krsna, his words in describing the glories of the Lord, his hands in cleansing the Lord’s temple, and his ears in hearing the words spoken by Krsna or about Krsna. He engaged his eyes in seeing the Deity of Krsna, Krsna’s temples and Krsna’s places like Mathura and Vrndavana, he engaged his sense of touch in touching the bodies of the Lord’s devotees, he engaged his sense of smell in smelling the fragrance of tulasi offered to the Lord, and he engaged his tongue in tasting the Lord’s prasada. He engaged his legs in walking to the holy places and temples of the Lord, his head in bowing down before the Lord, and all his desires in serving the Lord, twenty-four hours a day. Indeed, Maharaja Ambarisa never desired anything for his own sense gratification. He engaged all his senses in devotional service, in various engagements related to the Lord. This is the way to increase attachment for the Lord and be completely free from all material desires.