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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.8.22

తమేవ వత్సాశ్రయ భృత్యవత్సలం ముముక్షుభిర్మృగ్యపదాబ్జపద్ధతిమ్ । అనన్యభావే నిజధర్మభావితే మనస్యవస్థాప్య భజస్వ పూరుషమ్ ॥ ౨౨ ॥
tam eva vatsāśraya bhṛtya-vatsalaṁ
[tam eva vatsaashraya bhritya-vatsalam]
mumukṣubhir mṛgya-padābja-paddhatim
[mumukshubhir mrigya-padaabja-paddhatim]
ananya-bhāve nija-dharma-bhāvite
[ananya-bhaave nija-dharma-bhaavite]
manasy avasthāpya bhajasva pūruṣam
[manasy avasthaapya bhajasva poorusham]
tam — Him eva — also vatsa — my dear boy āśraya — take shelter bhṛtya-vatsalam — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very kind to His devotees mumukṣubhiḥ — also by persons desiring liberation mṛgya — to be sought pada-abja — lotus feet paddhatim — system ananya-bhāve — in an unflinching situation nija-dharma-bhāvite — being situated in one’s original constitutional position manasi — unto the mind avasthāpya — placing bhajasva — go on executing devotional service pūruṣam — the Supreme Person.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tam eva vatsāśraya bhṛtya-vatsalaṁ
tam
Him
eva
also
vatsa
my dear boy
āśraya
take shelter
bhṛtya-vatsalam
of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very kind to His devotees
mumukṣubhir mṛgya-padābja-paddhatim
mumukṣubhiḥ
also by persons desiring liberation
mṛgya
to be sought
pada-abja
lotus feet
paddhatim
system
ananya-bhāve nija-dharma-bhāvite
ananya-bhāve
in an unflinching situation
nija-dharma-bhāvite
being situated in one’s original constitutional position
manasi
unto the mind
avasthāpya
placing
manasy avasthāpya bhajasva pūruṣam
bhajasva
go on executing devotional service
pūruṣam
the Supreme Person.
My dear boy, you also should take shelter of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very kind to His devotees. Persons seeking liberation from the cycle of birth and death always take shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord in devotional service. Becoming purified by executing your allotted occupation, just situate the Supreme Personality of Godhead in your heart, and without deviating for a moment, engage always in His service.

The system of bhakti-yoga described by Queen Sunīti to her son is the standard way of God realization. Everyone can continue in his constitutional occupational duties and at the same time keep the Supreme Personality of Godhead within his heart. This was also instructed by the Lord Himself to Arjuna in Bhagavad-gītā: “Go on fighting, but keep Me within your mind.” That should be the motto of every honest person seeking perfection in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In this connection, Queen Sunīti advised her son that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is known as bhṛtya-vatsala, which indicates that He is very kind to His devotees. She said, “You came to me crying, having been insulted by your stepmother, but I am unable to do any good for you. But Kṛṣṇa is so kind to His devotees that if you go to Him, then the combined kindness of millions of mothers like me will be surpassed by His affectionate and tender dealings. When everyone else fails to mitigate one’s misery, Kṛṣṇa is able to help the devotee.” Queen Sunīti also stressed that the process of approaching the Supreme Personality of Godhead is not easy, but is sought after by great sages who are very advanced in spiritual realization. Queen Sunīti also indicated by her instruction that Dhruva Mahārāja was only a small child, five years old, and it was not possible for him to purify himself by the way of karma-kāṇḍa. But by the process of bhakti-yoga, even a child less than five years old, or anyone of any age, can be purified. That is the special significance of bhakti-yoga. Therefore she advised him not to accept worship of the demigods or any other process but simply to take to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the result would be all perfection. As soon as one places the Supreme Personality of Godhead within one’s heart, everything becomes easy and successful.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O child! Take shelter of the Lord, who is affectionate to his servant and whose footsteps are sought by aspirants for liberation. Worship the Lord, fixing him in your mind purified by bhakti, with attachment to nothing else. The Lord is affectionate to his servant. He will have more affection for you, his servant, than the affection of millions of mothers like me. You will not encounter a trace of suffering. You will take shelter of the Lord, the path (paddhati) of whose lotus feet are sought by aspirants for liberation, but which is not easily attained by them. Having taken shelter, you should place them in your mind which has attachment for nothing else (ananya-bhāve). Worship the Lord, fixing him in the mind purified (bhāvite) by bhakti-dharma, since a five year old boy is not qualified for karma-yoga.
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