Verse Text
29. parikramo, yathā tatraiva—
viṣṇuṁ pradakṣinī-kurvan yas tatrāvartate punaḥ |
tad evāvartanaṁ tasya punar nāvartate bhave ||135||
Translation
Circumambulation (verse 85), from Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya: If a person circumambulates Viṣṇu and returns to the same spot, that returning guarantees that he does not return to another birth.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Circumambulating the Temple of Viṣṇu
It is said in the Hari-bhakti-sudhodaya, “A person who is circumambulating the Deity of Viṣṇu can counteract the circumambulation of repeated birth and death in this material world.” The conditioned soul is circumambulating through repeated births and deaths on account of his material existence, and this can be counteracted simply by circumambulating the Deity in the temple.