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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.15.29

వాసుదేవాఙ్ఘ్ర్యనుధ్యానపరిబృంహితరంహసా । భక్త్యా నిర్మథితాశేషకషాయధిషణోఽర్జున: ॥ ౨౯ ॥
vāsudevāṅghry-anudhyāna-
[vaasudevaanghry-anudhyaana-]
paribṛṁhita-raṁhasā
[paribrimhita-ramhasaa]
bhaktyā nirmathitāśeṣa-
[bhaktyaa nirmathitaashesha-]
kaṣāya-dhiṣaṇo ’rjunaḥ
[kashaaya-dhishano ’rjunah]
vāsudeva-aṅghri — the lotus feet of the Lord anudhyāna — by constant remembrance paribṛṁhita — expanded raṁhasā — with great velocity bhaktyā — in devotion nirmathita — subsided aśeṣa — unlimited kaṣāya — dint dhiṣaṇaḥ — conception arjunaḥ — Arjuna.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vāsudevāṅghry-anudhyāna-
vāsudeva-aṅghri
the lotus feet of the Lord
anudhyāna
by constant remembrance
paribṛṁhita-raṁhasā
paribṛṁhita
expanded
raṁhasā
with great velocity
bhaktyā nirmathitāśeṣa-
bhaktyā
in devotion
nirmathita
subsided
aśeṣa
unlimited
kaṣāya-dhiṣaṇo ’rjunaḥ
kaṣāya
dint
dhiṣaṇaḥ
conception
arjunaḥ
Arjuna.
Arjuna’s constant remembrance of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa rapidly increased his devotion, and as a result all the trash in his thoughts subsided.

Material desires in the mind are the trash of material contamination. By such contamination, the living being is faced with so many compatible and incompatible things that discourage the very existence of spiritual identity. Birth after birth the conditioned soul is entrapped with so many pleasing and displeasing elements, which are all false and temporary. They accumulate due to our reactions to material desires, but when we get in touch with the transcendental Lord in His variegated energies by devotional service, the naked forms of all material desires become manifest, and the intelligence of the living being is pacified in its true color. As soon as Arjuna turned his attention towards the instructions of the Lord, as they are inculcated in the Bhagavad-gītā, his true color of eternal association with the Lord became manifest, and thus he felt freed from all material contaminations.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Arjuna had his intelligence completely freed of all contaminations by intense bhakti which was completely filled with meditation on the feet of Vāsudeva.
Commentary

“But the word mala means things contaminations like lust.” That is true. But because Arjuna is not just an associate of the Lord, but the avatāra Nara, it is impossible for him to have such contamination. “But perhaps we can say that his being an aṁśa of Indra can have contamination.” That also cannot be. This verse explains. Arjuna had intelligence (dhiṣaṇa) completely free (nirmathita) of all contaminations (kaṣāya) such as lust from the very beginning by bhakti which appeared from his birth.

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