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Srimad Bhagvata Mahapurana: Book 11: Chapter 6: Verses 10-16
May Your feet serve as a fire to consume all our unholy cravings-the feet which are being contemplated upon with a heart moistened with love by ascetics for the sake of blessedness; which are worshipped by devotees through individual divine manifestations (Vasudeva and so on) for attaining a glory similar to that of the Lord; and by the wise (as many as) three times (a day) in order that they may transcend heaven (and ascend to Vaikuntha); (nay,) which are contemplated, 0 Lord, in the sacrificial fire (by those well-versed in sacrifices) taking in their outstretched hands the material for being consigned to that fire according to the procedure laid down by the three Vedas (Rk, Sama and Yajus); and which are contemplated in the course of their Yogic practice for the realization of the Self by strivers seeking to obtain an insight into the Maya that veils the true character of the Spirit, and are worshipped everywhere by the highest devotees of the Lord. Like a co-wife this divine Sri (the goddess of fortune, appearing as a golden streak on Your bosom), 0 Lord, vies (even) with a faded garland of sylvan flowers (adorning
Your bosom alongwith Her). You (nonetheless) accept the worship duly offered (to You by Your loving devotees even) with such a garland. (So partial You are to Your devotees !) May Your feet serve as a fire to consume our evil tendencies. 0 almighty and omnipresent
Lord, may Your foot cleanse our sins, who worship You-the foot which took three strides
(in order to measure the three worlds and thereby to oust Bali from heaven) and (on reaching Satyaloka, the highest heaven in its second stride) stood as a (tall triumphal) flag with the Ganga flowing through the three worlds as its streamer and' (as such) inspired terror and
instilled fearlessness into the titanic and the celestial armies respectively, and which, brought heaven to the righteous and spelt ruin to the unrighteous. May the feet of the Supreme Person in You augment our joy You who are superior (both) to Prakrti and Purusa_ (Matter and the Spirit) and who are the Propeller of all (as the Time-Spirit) and subject to whose control, like bulls held by the nose-string, are Brahma (the creator) and other embodied souls who are being tormented by one another. You are Purusottama (the Highest Person) in that You are responsible for the creation, continuance and destruction of this universe; the Vedas speak of You as the Controller of Prakrti, Purusa and the Mahattattva (the principle of cosmic intelligence); and You are also Kala (thewheel of Time
revolving in the form of a twelve-month) consisting of three navels (each of four months), engaged in the destruction of all and possessed of imperceptible speed. Having derived its power from You and (thus) acquiring unfailing energy, the Purusa (Spirit) in conjunction with Maya deposited the Mahat-tattva, corresponding as it were to the seed of this (visible) universe. Equipped with that (very) power the Mahat produced out of itself the golden (effulgent) egg of the universe enveloped by its (seven) external sheaths (in the shape of the earth, water, fire, air, ether, ego and mind).
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