Verse Text
38. atha pādyāsvādo, yathā tatraiva—
na dānaṁ na havir yeṣāṁ svādhyāyo na surārcanam |
te ’pi pādodakaṁ pītvā prayānti paramāṁ gatim ||161||
Translation
Tasting the foot water of the Lord (verse 86), from Padma Purāṇa: Those who drink the foot water of the Lord achieve the supreme goal, even though they have not performed charity, sacrifices, Vedic study or deity worship.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Drinking Caraṇāmṛta
Caraṇāmṛta is obtained in the morning while the Lord is being washed before dressing. Scented with perfumes and flowers, the water comes gliding down through His lotus feet and is collected and mixed with yogurt. In this way this caraṇāmṛta not only becomes very tastefully flavored, but also has tremendous spiritual value. As described in the Padma Purāṇa, even a person who has never been able to give in charity, who has never been able to perform a great sacrifice, who has never been able to study the Vedas, who has never been able to worship the Lord—or, in other words, even one who has never done any pious activities—will become eligible to enter into the kingdom of God if he simply drinks the caraṇāmṛta which is kept in the temple. In the temple it is the custom that the caraṇāmṛta be kept in a big pot. The devotees who come to visit and offer respects to the Deity take three drops of caraṇāmṛta very submissively and feel themselves happy in transcendental bliss.