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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.1.32

కచ్చిద్ బుధ: స్వస్త్యనమీవ ఆస్తే శ్వఫల్కపుత్రో భగవత్ప్రపన్న: । య: కృష్ణపాదాఙ్కితమార్గపాంసు- ష్వచేష్టత ప్రేమవిభిన్నధైర్య: ॥ ౩౨ ॥
kaccid budhaḥ svasty anamīva āste
[kachchid budhah svasty anameeva aaste]
śvaphalka-putro bhagavat-prapannaḥ
[shvaphalka-putro bhagavat-prapannah]
yaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāṅkita-mārga-pāṁsuṣv
[yah krishna-paadaankita-maarga-paamsushv]
aceṣṭata prema-vibhinna-dhairyaḥ
[acheshtata prema-vibhinna-dhairyah]
kaccit — whether budhaḥ — very learned svasti — well anamīvaḥ — faultless āste — does exist śvaphalka-putraḥ — the son of Śvaphalka, Akrūra bhagavat — regarding the Personality of Godhead prapannaḥ — surrendered yaḥ — one who kṛṣṇa — the Lord pāda-aṅkita — marked with footprints mārga — path pāṁsuṣu — in the dust aceṣṭata — rolled about prema-vibhinna — lost in transcendental love dhairyaḥ — mental equilibrium.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
kaccid budhaḥ svasty anamīva āste
kaccit
whether
budhaḥ
very learned
svasti
well
anamīvaḥ
faultless
āste
does exist
śvaphalka-putro bhagavat-prapannaḥ
śvaphalka-putraḥ
the son of Śvaphalka, Akrūra
bhagavat
regarding the Personality of Godhead
prapannaḥ
surrendered
yaḥ kṛṣṇa-pādāṅkita-mārga-pāṁsuṣv
yaḥ
one who
kṛṣṇa
the Lord
pāda-aṅkita
marked with footprints
mārga
path
pāṁsuṣu
in the dust
aceṣṭata prema-vibhinna-dhairyaḥ
aceṣṭata
rolled about
prema-vibhinna
lost in transcendental love
dhairyaḥ
mental equilibrium.
Please tell me whether Akrūra, the son of Śvaphalka, is doing well. He is a faultless soul surrendered unto the Personality of Godhead. He once lost his mental equilibrium due to his ecstasy of transcendental love and fell down on the dust of a road which was marked with the footprints of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

When Akrūra came to Vṛndāvana in search of Kṛṣṇa, he saw the footprints of the Lord on the dust of Nanda-grāma and at once fell on them in ecstasy of transcendental love. This ecstasy is possible for a devotee who is fully absorbed in incessant thoughts of Kṛṣṇa. Such a pure devotee of the Lord is naturally faultless because he is always associated with the supremely pure Personality of Godhead. Constant thought of the Lord is the antiseptic method for keeping oneself free from the infectious contamination of the material qualities. The pure devotee of the Lord is always in company with the Lord by thinking of Him. Yet, in the particular context of time and place, the transcendental emotions take a different turn, and this breaks the mental equilibrium of the devotee. Lord Caitanya displayed the typical example of transcendental ecstasy, as we can understand from the life of this incarnation of God.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
How is wise, sinless Akrūra, surrendered to the Lord, who, losing control out of strong prema, rolled in the dusty path marked by the footprints of Kṛṣṇa? Sinless (anamīvaḥ) Akrūra (śaphalka-putraḥ) moved about (acestata) in the dust at the entrance to Vraja.
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