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Chapter 12
Some devout devotees, do not even desire, to behold God. They totally depend upon His sweet will and remain absorbed in Him, by thinking of His boundless grace. The Lord, follows such devotees, so that the dust of their feet may touch Him so that He may be sanctified (Srimadbha. 11/14116).
A devotee, who adores God, to reap the fruit of devotion in the form of worldly objects, is really a devotee to the objects, rather than to God, as he desires objects, rather than God. But, He is so generous, that He accepts him as His devotee (Gila 7116), because he wants his desire to be fulfilled, by Him only. The Lord, shows not only this favour, but also changes seekers of wealth, such as Dhruva, into men of wisdom, having fulfilled their desire.
Sucih:- The body of a devotee, becomes very much pure, because he has neither egoism nor a sense of 'mine'. His mind also, becomes very pure, because his mind is free from attachment and aversion, pleasure and pain, desire and wrath and such other evils. Such a devotee, because of his external and internal purity, sanctifies other people who behold him, touch him, talk to him
and think of him, Places of pilgrimage, sanctify all people, while devotees provide pilgrimage to those places, which places, are sanctified by a touch of their feet (but devotees are not proud of it). Such devotees, sanctify even the pure and they move from one place of pilgrimage to another, by making these as great places of pilgrimage (Srimadbhagavata 1/13/10).
King Bhaguatha, says to Ganges:—"O mother, those who have renounced all mundane and spiritual desires, who having a disinclination; for the world, are calm in themselves, are devoted to Brahma (the Absolute), and purify the worlds, such saintly souls, will destroy all sins with their touch, because God Who _ destroys all sins, resides in their hearts."
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