Verse Text
tṛtīye ca—
yat-sevayā bhagavataḥ kūṭa-sthasya madhu-dviṣaḥ |
rati-rāso bhavet tīvraḥ pādayor vyasanārdanaḥ ||215||
Translation
In the Third Canto, it is said: By serving the devotee, one will develop a fixed manifestation of bhāva for the feet of the Personality of Godhead, possessed of an eternal form, the enemy of the Madhu demon. That bhāva vanquishes one’s material distresses. SB 3.7.19
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
According to the Amara-kośa, kūṭa-stha means, “That which is everlasting with one form.” By service to the devotee, there will be a fixed (tīvraḥ) manifestation (rāsaḥ) of rati (bhāva) for the feet of the killer of the Madhu demon.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
A similar statement is in the Third Canto, Seventh Chapter, verse 19, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam: “Let me become a sincere servant of the devotees, because by serving them one can achieve unalloyed devotional service unto the lotus feet of the Lord. The service of devotees diminishes all miserable material conditions and develops within one a deep devotional love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.”