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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.16.7

యత్సేవయా చరణపద్మపవిత్రరేణుం సద్య:క్షతాఖిలమలం ప్రతిలబ్ధశీలమ్ । న శ్రీర్విరక్తమపి మాం విజహాతి యస్యా: ప్రేక్షాలవార్థ ఇతరే నియమాన్ వహన్తి ॥ ౭ ॥
yat-sevayā caraṇa-padma-pavitra-reṇuṁ
[yat-sevayaa charana-padma-pavitra-renum]
sadyaḥ kṣatākhila-malaṁ pratilabdha-śīlam
[sadyah kshataakhila-malam pratilabdha-sheelam]
na śrīr viraktam api māṁ vijahāti yasyāḥ
[na shreer viraktam api maam vijahaati yasyaah]
prekṣā-lavārtha itare niyamān vahanti
[prekshaa-lavaartha itare niyamaan vahanti]
yat — of whom sevayā — by the service caraṇa — feet padma — lotus pavitra — sacred reṇum — the dust sadyaḥ — immediately kṣata — wiped out akhila — all malam — sins pratilabdha — acquired śīlam — disposition na — not śrīḥ — the goddess of fortune viraktam — have no attachment api — even though mām — Me vijahāti — leave yasyāḥ — of the goddess of fortune prekṣā-lava-arthaḥ — for obtaining a slight favor itare — others, like Lord Brahmā niyamān — sacred vows vahanti — observe.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yat-sevayā caraṇa-padma-pavitra-reṇuṁ
yat
of whom
sevayā
by the service
caraṇa
feet
padma
lotus
pavitra
sacred
reṇum
the dust
sadyaḥ kṣatākhila-malaṁ pratilabdha-śīlam
sadyaḥ
immediately
kṣata
wiped out
akhila
all
malam
sins
pratilabdha
acquired
śīlam
disposition
na śrīr viraktam api māṁ vijahāti yasyāḥ
na
not
śrīḥ
the goddess of fortune
viraktam
have no attachment
api
even though
mām
Me
vijahāti
leave
yasyāḥ
of the goddess of fortune
prekṣā-lavārtha itare niyamān vahanti
prekṣā-lava-arthaḥ
for obtaining a slight favor
itare
others, like Lord Brahmā
niyamān
sacred vows
vahanti
observe.
The Lord continued: Because I am the servitor of My devotees, My lotus feet have become so sacred that they immediately wipe out all sin and I have acquired such a disposition that the goddess of fortune does not leave Me, even though I have no attachment for her, while others praise her beauty and observe sacred vows to secure from her even a slight favor.

The relationship between the Lord and His devotee is transcendentally beautiful. As the devotee thinks that it is due to being a devotee of the Lord that he is elevated in all good qualities, so the Lord also thinks that it is because of His devotion to the servitor that all His transcendental glories have increased. In other words, as the devotee is always anxious to render service to the Lord, so the Lord is ever anxious to render service to the devotee. The Lord admits herein that although He certainly has the quality that anyone who receives a slight particle of the dust of His lotus feet becomes at once a great personality, this greatness is due to His affection for His devotee. It is because of this affection that the goddess of fortune does not leave Him and that not only one but many thousands of goddesses of fortune engage in His service. In the material world, simply to get a little favor from the goddess of fortune, people observe many rigid regulations of austerity and penance. The Lord cannot tolerate any inconvenience on the part of the devotee. He is therefore famous as bhakta-vatsala.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Even Laksmī to whom I show no attachment, but to gain whose favor others perform vows, does not give up the dust of my feet which immediately destroy all contamination and are full of all qualities. But these feet are made pure by service to devotees like you. “The result of our coming to Vaikuṇṭha is that you, our worshipable lord, speak to us like this.” Should I say the opposite? By the service to devotees, the dust particles attached to my feet purify the world, and destroy all contamination caused by myself and others. The devotees have all good qualities. Though Lakṣmī has all wealth, she does not leave me. For the glance of Lakṣmī, Brahmā and others perform austerities. These statements are connected with the previous statement “I should cut off my own arm which offends you, by whose service my feet destroy all contamination…”
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