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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 7.10.9

विमुञ्चति यदा कामान्मानवो मनसि स्थितान् । तर्ह्येव पुण्डरीकाक्ष भगवत्त्वाय कल्पते ॥ ९ ॥
vimuñcati yadā kāmān
[vimunchati yadaa kaamaan]
mānavo manasi sthitān
[maanavo manasi sthitaan]
tarhy eva puṇḍarīkākṣa
[tarhy eva pundareekaaksha]
bhagavattvāya kalpate
[bhagavattvaaya kalpate]
Word-for-word
vimuñcati — gives up yadā — whenever kāmān — all material desires mānavaḥ — human society manasi — within the mind sthitān — situated tarhi — at that time only eva — indeed puṇḍarīka-akṣa — O lotus-eyed Lord bhagavattvāya — to be equally as opulent as the Lord kalpate — becomes eligible.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vimuñcati yadā kāmān
vimuñcati
gives up
yadā
whenever
kāmān
all material desires
mānavo manasi sthitān
mānavaḥ
human society
manasi
within the mind
sthitān
situated
tarhy eva puṇḍarīkākṣa
tarhi
at that time only
eva
indeed
puṇḍarīka-akṣa
O lotus-eyed Lord
bhagavattvāya kalpate
bhagavattvāya
to be equally as opulent as the Lord
kalpate
becomes eligible.
O my Lord, when a human being is able to give up all the material desires in his mind, he becomes eligible to possess wealth and opulence like Yours.
Purport

Atheistic men sometimes criticize a devotee by saying, “If you do not want to take any benediction from the Lord and if the servant of the Lord is as opulent as the Lord Himself, why do you ask for the benediction of being engaged as the Lord’s servant?” Śrīdhara Svāmī comments, bhagavattvāya bhagavat-samān aiśvaryāya. Bhagavattva, becoming as good as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, does not mean becoming one with Him or equal to Him, although in the spiritual world the servant is equally as opulent as the master. The servant of the Lord is engaged in the service of the Lord as a servant, friend, father, mother or conjugal lover, all of whom are equally as opulent as the Lord. This is acintya-bhedābheda-tattva. The master and servant are different yet equal in opulence. This is the meaning of simultaneous difference from the Supreme Lord and oneness with Him.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O lotus-eyed Lord! When a human being gives up the desire for a sthāyi-bhāva with you in his mind, he becomes eligible only for merging into you. “If you do not desire benedictions, then why do you desire service to me, saying that you want to be my servant?” (SB 7.9.17) When a person is extremely free of all desires situated in the mind—is free from the sthāyi-bhāvas of dāsya, sakhya etc., then he is qualified for sāyujya (bhagavattvāya). I do not desire merging. tuṣṭe ca tatra kim alabhyam ananta ādye kiṁ tair guṇa-vyatikarād iha ye sva-siddhāḥ dharmādayaḥ kim aguṇena ca kāṅkṣitena sāraṁ juṣāṁ caraṇayor upagāyatāṁ naḥ What is not attained if the unlimited original Lord is satisfied? Since we glorify and relish the lotus feet of the Lord, what is the need of dharma, artha and kāma which are achieved automatically by the transformations of the guṇas? What is the need of liberation? SB 7.6.25 Thus I ask for the spiritual benediction of being your servant in dāsya-rasa. Śrīdhara Svāmī says bhagavattvāya means having the same powers as the Lord.
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Personal Guidance
When a human being can give up all material desires in the mind, he becomes eligible to possess wealth and opulence like Yours. Renunciation of desire actually qualifies one for divine opulence. Letting go is the precondition for being given.
Reflection Questions
  • Where does your hand stay closed against what would otherwise be filled?
  • What one desire could you actually release this week, and see what flows in?
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