He fixed his mind on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet, his words on describing the qualities of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha, his hands on cleaning Hari's temple and similar tasks, and his ears on the telling of the holy narratives of Acyuta; (266) his eyes on seeing Mukunda's images and temples, his body on touching the bodies of the Lord's servants, his sense of smell on the fragrance of the holy tulasī at His lotus feet, and his tongue on what had been offered to Him; (267) his feet on walking to Hari's holy places, his head on bowing to the feet of Hṛṣīkeśa, and his desire on service — not out of craving for enjoyment, but so that the love that dwells in the devotees of Uttamaśloka might arise in him. (268)
उसने अपने मन को कृष्ण के चरण-कमलों में, वाणी को वैकुण्ठनाथ के गुणों के वर्णन में, दोनों हाथों को हरि के मन्दिर के मार्जन आदि में और कानों को अच्युत की उत्तम कथाओं के श्रवण में लगाया (266); दोनों नेत्रों को मुकुन्द के विग्रह और मन्दिरों के दर्शन में, अपने अंगों के संग को उनके सेवकों के शरीर के स्पर्श में, नासिका को उनके चरण-कमलों की सुगन्ध में और जिह्वा को श्रीमती तुलसी सहित उन्हें अर्पित प्रसाद में लगाया (267); दोनों पैरों को हरि के क्षेत्रों की पैदल यात्रा में, सिर को हृषीकेश के चरणों की वन्दना में और अपनी कामना को भी दास्य में लगाया — विषय-भोग की कामना से नहीं, बल्कि इस प्रकार कि उत्तमश्लोक भगवान् के भक्तजनों में रहने वाली रति प्राप्त हो (268)
The verse — line by line
L1citation
sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayor
saḥhe — that is, King Ambarīṣaवह (राजा)
vaiindeed, truly emphatic particleनिश्चय ही
manaḥhis mind (he set — the verb 'cakāra' comes in L4) accusative objectमन को
kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥon the two lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa locative of the place fixed onकृष्ण के दोनों चरण-कमलों में (लगाया)
saḥ — he (Ambarīṣa); vai — indeed; manaḥ — his mind; kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ — on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet; (cakāra — he fixed, verb supplied from L4).
saḥ — वह; vai — निश्चय ही; manaḥ — मन को; kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ — कृष्ण के दोनों चरण-कमलों में (लगाया)।
He — King Ambarīṣa — fixed his mind on Kṛṣṇa's lotus feet. The main verb 'he made/fixed' comes only at the end of the first verse; every sense is assigned its object here and governed by that one verb.
उसने अपना मन कृष्ण के चरण-कमलों में लगाया।
Why cited: The mūla opens the string of limbs: mind engaged on Kṛṣṇa's feet.
क्यों उद्धृत: मूल श्लोक अंगों की माला आरम्भ करता है — पहला अंग: मन कृष्ण के चरणों में लगा।
L2citation
vacāṁsi vaikuṇṭha-guṇānuvarṇane |
vacāṁsihis words, his speech accusative objectवचनों को
vaikuṇṭha-guṇa-anuvarṇaneon describing, one after another, the qualities of Vaikuṇṭha (the Lord) locative of the activity engaged inवैकुण्ठनाथ के गुणों के अनुवर्णन में (लगाया)
vacāṁsi — his words; vaikuṇṭha-guṇa-anuvarṇane — on recounting the qualities of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha.
vacāṁsi — वचनों को; vaikuṇṭha-guṇa-anuvarṇane — भगवान् के गुणों के वर्णन में (लगाया)।
He set his words on recounting, one quality after another, the excellences of the Lord of Vaikuṇṭha. 'Anuvarṇana' is telling them over in sequence, not a single mention.
अपने वचनों को भगवान् के गुणों के गान में लगाया।
Why cited: Second limb: speech engaged in praising the Lord's qualities.
क्यों उद्धृत: दूसरा अंग — वाणी भगवान् के गुणों की स्तुति में लगी।
L3citation
karau harer mandira-mārjanādiṣu
karauhis two hands accusative objectदोनों हाथों को
hareḥ mandira-mārjana-ādiṣuon cleaning the temple of Hari, and the like locative of the tasks engaged inहरि के मन्दिर की सफाई आदि कार्यों में (लगाया)
karau — his two hands; hareḥ mandira-mārjana-ādiṣu — on the sweeping and cleaning of Hari's temple, and such tasks.
karau — दोनों हाथों को; hareḥ mandira-mārjana-ādiṣu — हरि के मन्दिर के मार्जन आदि कार्यों में (लगाया)।
He set his two hands on sweeping and cleaning Hari's temple and doing the like. 'Ādi' means the round of such menial temple services, not cleaning alone.
अपने दोनों हाथों को हरि के मन्दिर की सफाई आदि सेवा में लगाया।
Why cited: Third limb: the hands engaged in temple service.
क्यों उद्धृत: तीसरा अंग — हाथ मन्दिर की सेवा में लगे।
L4citation
śrutiṁ cakārācyuta-sat-kathodaye ||
śrutimhis hearing, his ears accusative objectकानों (श्रवण) को
cakārahe made, he engaged — the one governing verb for all these senses 3rd sg. perfectलगाया (श्लोक की एकमात्र समापिका क्रिया)
acyuta-sat-kathā-udayeon the arising, the telling forth, of the true stories of Acyuta (the infallible Lord) locative of the activity engaged inअच्युत की उत्तम कथाओं के उदय (श्रवण) में
śrutim — his ears; acyuta-sat-kathā-udaye — on the welling-up of the holy stories of Acyuta; cakāra — he engaged (governs L1-L4).
śrutim — कानों को; cakāra — लगाया; acyuta-sat-kathā-udaye — अच्युत की सत्कथाओं के उदय में।
He set his ears on the welling-up of the holy stories of Acyuta. Here at last is the verb 'cakāra' — 'he engaged' — which reaches back and governs mind, speech, hands and ears alike. 'Udaya' is the stories rising up, being narrated.
अपने कानों को अच्युत की उत्तम कथाओं के सुनने में लगाया।
Why cited: Fourth limb: the ears on hearing the Lord's stories; the verse's one finite verb lands here.
क्यों उद्धृत: चौथा अंग — कान भगवान् की कथाओं के श्रवण में; श्लोक की एकमात्र समापिका क्रिया यहीं आती है।
L5citation
mukunda-liṅgālaya-darśane dṛśau
mukunda-liṅga-ālaya-darśaneon seeing the images (forms) and temples of Mukunda (the giver of liberation) locative of the activity engaged inमुकुन्द के विग्रह और मन्दिरों के दर्शन में
dṛśauhis two eyes accusative objectदोनों आँखों को (लगाया)
mukunda-liṅga-ālaya-darśane — on the sight of Mukunda's images and temples; dṛśau — his two eyes.
mukunda-liṅga-ālaya-darśane — मुकुन्द के विग्रह और मन्दिरों के दर्शन में; dṛśau — दोनों आँखों को (लगाया)।
He set his two eyes on the sight of Mukunda's Deity-forms and temples. 'Liṅga' here is the visible form or image, and 'ālaya' the temple that houses it.
अपनी दोनों आँखों को मुकुन्द के विग्रह और उनके मन्दिरों के दर्शन में लगाया।
Why cited: Fifth limb: the eyes on seeing the Deity and His temples.
क्यों उद्धृत: पाँचवाँ अंग — आँखें भगवान् के विग्रह और मन्दिरों के दर्शन में।
L6citation
tad-bhṛtya-gātra-sparśe’ṅga-saṅgamaṁ |
tad-bhṛtya-gātra-sparśeon the touch of the limbs (bodies) of His servants locative of the activity engaged inउनके सेवकों के अंगों के स्पर्श में
aṅga-saṅgamamthe contact of his own body — that is, embracing them accusative objectअपने अंगों के संयोग (आलिंगन) को (लगाया)
tad-bhṛtya-gātra-sparśe — on touching the bodies of the Lord's servants; aṅga-saṅgamam — the contact of his own body (embracing).
tad-bhṛtya-gātra-sparśe — भगवान् के सेवकों के शरीर के स्पर्श में; aṅga-saṅgamam — अपने अंगों के संयोग (आलिंगन) को (लगाया)।
He set the contact of his own body — embracing — on touching the bodies of the Lord's servants. The sense of touch is directed to the devotees, not merely to the Lord.
अपने शरीर के स्पर्श को भगवान् के सेवकों के आलिंगन में लगाया।
Why cited: Sixth limb: bodily touch engaged in embracing the Lord's servants.
क्यों उद्धृत: छठा अंग — शरीर का स्पर्श भगवान् के सेवकों के आलिंगन में लगा।
L7citation
ghrāṇaṁ ca tat-pāda-saroja-saurabhe
ghrāṇamhis sense of smell accusative objectनासिका को
caand connectiveऔर
tat-pāda-saroja-saurabheon the fragrance of His lotus feet locative of the activity engaged inभगवान् के चरण-कमल की सुगन्ध में (लगाया)
ghrāṇam — his sense of smell; ca — and; tat-pāda-saroja-saurabhe — on the fragrance of the Lord's lotus feet.
ghrāṇam — नासिका को; ca — और; tat-pāda-saroja-saurabhe — भगवान् के चरण-कमल की सुगन्ध में (लगाया)।
And he set his sense of smell on the fragrance of the Lord's lotus feet. The commentators will explain that this fragrance reaches the nose by way of the tulasī offered at those feet.
और अपनी नासिका को भगवान् के चरण-कमल की सुगन्ध में लगाया।
Why cited: Seventh limb: smell engaged in the fragrance of the Lord's feet.
क्यों उद्धृत: सातवाँ अंग — घ्राण भगवान् के चरणों की सुगन्ध में लगा।
L8citation
śrīmat-tulasyā rasanāṁ tad-arpite ||
śrīmat-tulasyāwith the holy, glorious tulasī instrumental of accompaniment / meansश्रीमती तुलसी सहित
rasanāmhis tongue (its sense of taste) accusative objectजिह्वा को
tad-arpiteon what has been offered to Him locative of the activity engaged inभगवान् को अर्पित (प्रसाद) में (लगाया)
rasanām — his tongue; tad-arpite — on what is offered to Him; śrīmat-tulasyā — together with holy tulasī.
śrīmat-tulasyā — श्रीमती तुलसी सहित; rasanām — जिह्वा को; tad-arpite — भगवान् को अर्पित प्रसाद में (लगाया)।
He set his tongue on what had been offered to the Lord together with holy tulasī. The food is the Lord's remnant (prasāda), sanctified by the tulasī offered with it.
अपनी जिह्वा को तुलसी सहित भगवान् को अर्पित प्रसाद के आस्वादन में लगाया।
Why cited: Eighth limb: taste engaged in the Lord's offered food.
क्यों उद्धृत: आठवाँ अंग — रसना भगवान् को अर्पित प्रसाद के आस्वादन में लगी।
L9citation
pādau hareḥ kṣetra-padānusarpaṇe
pādauhis two feet accusative objectदोनों पैरों को
hareḥ kṣetra-pada-anusarpaṇeon walking to the holy places and abodes of Hari locative of the activity engaged inहरि के तीर्थ-क्षेत्रों और स्थानों की ओर चलने में (लगाया)
pādau — his two feet; hareḥ kṣetra-pada-anusarpaṇe — on going to Hari's sacred fields and sites.
pādau — दोनों चरणों को; hareḥ kṣetra-pada-anusarpaṇe — हरि के क्षेत्रों और स्थानों की ओर चलने में (लगाया)।
He set his two feet on walking to Hari's holy fields and abodes. 'Anusarpaṇa' is going along, walking there repeatedly — the commentators gloss 'kṣetra' as Mathurā and the like, and 'pada' as the temple sites.
अपने दोनों पैरों को हरि के तीर्थ-क्षेत्रों की यात्रा में लगाया।
Why cited: Ninth limb: the feet engaged in walking to the Lord's holy places.
क्यों उद्धृत: नवाँ अंग — पैर भगवान् के तीर्थ-स्थानों की यात्रा में लगे।
L10citation
śiro hṛṣīkeśa-padābhivandane |
śiraḥhis head accusative objectसिर को
hṛṣīkeśa-pada-abhivandaneon bowing down to the feet of Hṛṣīkeśa (the Lord of the senses) locative of the activity engaged inहृषीकेश के चरणों की वन्दना में (लगाया)
śiraḥ — his head; hṛṣīkeśa-pada-abhivandane — on the reverent bowing to the feet of Hṛṣīkeśa.
śiraḥ — सिर को; hṛṣīkeśa-pada-abhivandane — हृषीकेश के चरणों की वन्दना में (लगाया)।
He set his head on bowing reverently to the feet of Hṛṣīkeśa, the master of the senses. The name Hṛṣīkeśa fits: it is precisely the senses that are being marshalled into service here.
अपने सिर को हृषीकेश के चरणों में प्रणाम करने में लगाया।
Why cited: Tenth limb: the head engaged in bowing to the Lord's feet.
क्यों उद्धृत: दसवाँ अंग — सिर भगवान् के चरणों में प्रणाम में लगा।
L11citation
kāmaṁ ca dāsye na tu kāma-kāmyayā
kāmamhis desire, his wanting accusative objectकामना को
caand connectiveऔर
dāsyeon serving (the Lord) locative of the activity engaged inसेवा में (लगाया)
na tubut not adversativeपरन्तु नहीं
kāma-kāmyayāby a craving for objects of desire — that is, not for personal enjoyment instrumental of motiveविषय-भोग की कामना से (इस हेतु से नहीं)
kāmam ca — and his desire; dāsye — on service; na tu kāma-kāmyayā — but not out of craving for objects of desire.
kāmam — कामना को; ca — और; dāsye — सेवा में (लगाया); na tu — परन्तु नहीं; kāma-kāmyayā — विषय-भोग की इच्छा से।
And he set even his desire itself on serving the Lord — but not out of any craving for objects to enjoy. Every faculty, down to wanting itself, is turned to service, and the motive is expressly cleared of self-enjoyment.
अपनी कामना को भी सेवा में ही लगाया — विषयों को भोगने की इच्छा से नहीं।
Why cited: Eleventh limb: desire itself yoked to service, with the motive purified of self-interest.
क्यों उद्धृत: ग्यारहवाँ अंग — कामना स्वयं सेवा में जोड़ी गई, और उसका हेतु स्वार्थ से शुद्ध।
L12citation
yathottamaḥśloka-janāśraya ratiḥ ||
yathāso that, in such a way that correlativeजिससे
uttamaḥśloka-jana-āśrayāhaving as its refuge the people devoted to the Lord of excellent renown bahuvrīhi describing rati; nominativeजिसका आश्रय भगवान् के भक्तजन हैं (ऐसी — रति का विशेषण)
ratiḥloving attachment (rati) — the settled affection that is the fruit of all this nominative subjectरति (उत्पन्न हो)
yathā — so that; ratiḥ — loving attachment; uttamaḥśloka-jana-āśrayā — whose refuge is the devotees of the Lord (arose / might arise).
yathā — जिससे; uttamaḥśloka-jana-āśrayā — भगवान् के भक्तों में आश्रय रखने वाली; ratiḥ — रति (उत्पन्न हो)।
He did all this so that loving attachment — rati — should arise, an attachment resting on the devotees of the Lord of excellent renown. The compound 'uttamaḥśloka-jana-āśrayā' is read differently by the commentators: whether the rati's refuge is the devotees themselves, or the rati is held in the manner of great devotees like Prahlāda — see below.
जिससे भगवान् के भक्तजनों में आश्रय रखने वाली रति उत्पन्न हो।
Why cited: The verse's culmination: the whole practice aims at rati, glossed variously as taking refuge in the Lord's devotees.
क्यों उद्धृत: श्लोक की परिणति — समस्त साधना का लक्ष्य रति है, जिसे भगवान् के भक्तों में आश्रय लेना कहकर विविध रूप से समझाया गया है।