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Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu .2.215

tṛtīye ca—
[triteeye cha—]
yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ |
[yat-sevayaa bhagavatah koota-sthasya madhu-dvishah |]
rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ ||215||
[rati-raaso bhavet teevrah paadayor vyasanaardanah ||215||]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tṛtīye ca—
yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ |
rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ ||215||
In the Third Canto, it is said: By serving the devotee, one will develop a fixed manifestation of bhāva for the feet of the Personality of Godhead, possessed of an eternal form, the enemy of the Madhu demon. That bhāva vanquishes one’s material distresses. SB 3.7.19

A similar statement is in the Third Canto, Seventh Chapter, verse 19, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: “Let me become a sincere servant of the devotees, because by serving them one can achieve unalloyed devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Lord. The service of devotees diminishes all miserable material conditions and develops within one a deep devotional love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Jīva Gosvāmī Gauḍīya
Durgama-saṅgamanī
Commentary

According to the Amara-kośa, kūṭa-stha means, “That which is everlasting with one form.” By service to the devotee, there will be a fixed (tīvraḥ) manifestation (rāsaḥ) of rati (bhāva) for the feet of the killer of the Madhu demon.

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