SB 1.11.26 (1964)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 26
Srio nivaso yasya urah panapatram mukham drisam Bahavo lokapalanam saramganam padambujam.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Srio—of the Goddess of Fortune, Nivash—residental place, Yasaya—one whose, Urah—chest, anapatram—the pot of drinking, Mukham—face, Drisam—of eyes, Bahabo—the arms, Lokapalanam—of the administrative demigods, Saramganam—of the devotees who talk and sing on the essence or substance, Padambujam—the lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
The Lord's chest is the residential place of the Goddess of Fortune, His moon like face is the drinking pot of the eyes which hanker after all beautiful, His arms are the resting place for the administrative demigods and His lotus feet are the resting place for the pure devotees who never talk or sing on any subject except His Lordship.
PURPORT
There are different classes of human beings all seeking after different mellows from different objects. There are persons who are seeking after the favor of the Goddess of Fortune and for them the Vedic literatures give information that the Lord is always served with all reverence by thousands and thousands of Goddess of Fortune at the Chintamani Dhama* the transcendental abode of the Lord where the trees are all desire-trees and the buildings are made of touch-stone. The Lord Govinda is engaged there in the business of herding the Surabhi Cows as His natural occupation. These Goddess of fortune can be seen automatically if we are attracted by the bodily features of the Lord. The impersonalists cannot observe such Goddess of Fortune on account of their dry speculative habit. And those who are artist being overtaken by the beautiful creation can better see to the beautiful face of the Lord for complete satisfaction of the eyes. The face of the Lord is the beauty embodiment. What they call the beautiful nature is but His smile and what they call it as the sweet songs of the birds are but specimen of whispering voice of the Lord. There are administrative demigods in charge of departmental service of cosmic management and there are administrative tiny gods in the state service. They are always afraid of other competitors but if they take shelter of the arms of the Lord, the Lord can protect them always from the attacks of the enemy. A faithful servant of the Lord engaged in the service of administration is the ideal executive head and they can well protect the interest of the people in general otherwise the so called administrators are symbol of anachronism leading to the acute distress of the people who are governed by them. The administrators can remain safely under the protection of the arms of the Lord. The essence of everything being the Supreme Lord He is called the Saram. And those who sing and talk about Him are called the Sarangas or the pure devotees. The pure devotees are always hankering after the lotus feet of the Lord. This lotus has a kind of honey which is transcendentally relished by the devotees. They are like the bees who are always after the honey. Srila Rupa Goswami the Great Devotee Acharya of the Goudiya Vaisnava Sampradaya has sung a song about this lotus honey comparing himself as the bee. It is like this. "Oh my Lord Krishna I beg to offer my prayers upto You. My mind is like the bee and it is after some honey. Kindly, therefore, give my mind-bee a place at Your lotus feet-which is the resources for all transcendentol honey. I know that even big demigods like Brahma do not see the ray of the nails of Your lotus feet even though they are engaged in deep meditation for years together; still Oh the Infallible, my ambition is like that for the reason that You are very merciful upon Your self surrendered devotees. Oh Madhava I know also that I have no genuine devotion for the service of Your Lotus feet but because Your Lordship is inconcievably powerful, You can do what is impossible to be done. Your Lotus feet can deride even the nectarine of heavenly kingdom and therefore I am very much attracted by it. Oh the Eternal, please, therefore, give me this facility of my mind being fixed up at Your Lotus feet so that eternally I may be able to relish the mellow of Your transcendental service." The devotees are satisfied being placed at the Lotus feet of the Lord, without any ambition of seeing His all beautiful face or aspiring after protection by the strong arms of the Lord. They are humble by nature and the Lord is always leaning towards such humble devotees.