Hari-bhakti-kalpa-latikā
The Flowering Vine of Devotion to Lord Hari
by Sarasvati Thkura | 14,715 words
The book contains the essence on how devotees develop love of Krishna, and how they bring Krishna under control through their love....
Text 18
pariśīlayato 'nantaṃ
satataṃ santāpasaṃ-tamo-hantṛn
bhāgavatān iha vande
puṇyāmbhodher ivotthitāṃs candrān
pariśīlayataḥ—in contact; anantam—with the unlimted Supreme Personality of Godhead; satatam—always; santāpasam—sufferings; tamaḥ—the darkness of ignorance; hantṛm—destroying; bhāgavatān—the devotees; iha—here; vande—I offer my respectful obeisances; puṇya—of piety; ambhodheḥ—from the ocean; iva—as it were; utthitān—arisen; candrān—moons.
The devotees appear like moons which have arisen from the ocean of piety. Those devotee-moons perform pastimes in the skywhich is Lord Kṛṣṇa, and they dispell the suffering and ignorantdarkness of this world. I offer my respectful obeisances unto them.