Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.22.23
యత్పాదయోరశఠధీ: సలిలం ప్రదాయ
దూర్వాఙ్కురైరపి విధాయ సతీం సపర్యామ్ ।
అప్యుత్తమాం గతిమసౌ భజతే త్రిలోకీం
దాశ్వానవిక్లవమనా: కథమార్తిమృచ్ఛేత్ ॥ ౨౩ ॥
yat-pādayor aśaṭha-dhīḥ salilaṁ pradāya
[yat-paadayor ashatha-dheeh salilam pradaaya]
dūrvāṅkurair api vidhāya satīṁ saparyām
[doorvaankurair api vidhaaya sateem saparyaam]
apy uttamāṁ gatim asau bhajate tri-lokīṁ
[apy uttamaam gatim asau bhajate tri-lokeem]
dāśvān aviklava-manāḥ katham ārtim ṛcchet
[daashvaan aviklava-manaah katham aartim richchet]
Word-for-word
yat-pādayoḥ
—
at the lotus feet of Your Lordship
aśaṭha-dhīḥ
—
a great-minded person who is without duplicity
salilam
—
water
pradāya
—
offering
dūrvā
—
with fully grown grass
aṅkuraiḥ
—
and with buds of flowers
api
—
although
vidhāya
—
offering
satīm
—
most exalted
saparyām
—
with worship
api
—
although
uttamām
—
the most highly elevated
gatim
—
destination
asau
—
such a worshiper
bhajate
—
deserves
tri-lokīm
—
the three worlds
dāśvān
—
giving to You
aviklava-manāḥ
—
without mental duplicity
katham
—
how
ārtim
—
the distressed condition of being arrested
ṛcchet
—
he deserves.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
yat-pādayor aśaṭha-dhīḥ salilaṁ pradāya
yat-pādayoḥ
at the lotus feet of Your Lordship
aśaṭha-dhīḥ
a great-minded person who is without duplicity
salilam
water
pradāya
offering
dūrvāṅkurair api vidhāya satīṁ saparyām
dūrvā
with fully grown grass
aṅkuraiḥ
and with buds of flowers
api
although
vidhāya
offering
satīm
most exalted
saparyām
with worship
apy uttamāṁ gatim asau bhajate tri-lokīṁ
api
although
uttamām
the most highly elevated
gatim
destination
asau
such a worshiper
bhajate
deserves
tri-lokīm
the three worlds
dāśvān aviklava-manāḥ katham ārtim ṛcchet
dāśvān
giving to You
aviklava-manāḥ
without mental duplicity
katham
how
ārtim
the distressed condition of being arrested
ṛcchet
he deserves.
By offering even water, newly grown grass, or flower buds at Your lotus feet, those who maintain no mental duplicity can achieve the most exalted position within the spiritual world. This Bali Mahārāja, without duplicity, has now offered everything in the three worlds. How then can he deserve to suffer from arrest?
Purport
In Bhagavad-gītā (9.26) it is stated:
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati tad ahaṁ bhakty-upahṛtam aśnāmi prayatātmanaḥ
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is so kind that if an unsophisticated person, with devotion and without duplicity, offers at the lotus feet of the Lord a little water, a flower, a fruit or a leaf, the Lord accepts it. Then the devotee is promoted to Vaikuṇṭha, the spiritual world. Brahmā drew the Lord’s attention to this subject and requested that He release Bali Mahārāja, who was suffering, being bound by the ropes of Varuṇa, and who had already given everything, including the three worlds and whatever he possessed.
— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
By offering even water, newly grown grass, or flower buds at your lotus feet, by performing excellent worship, a sincere person attains Vaikuṇṭha. This Bali Mahārāja, without duplicity, has offered everything in the three worlds to you. How then can he deserve to suffer from arrest?
His not deserving punishment is expressed by stating the opposite. He deserves much more. All men attain Vaikuṇṭha by offering water. Why then should Bali, by offering the three worlds, end up in distress?
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