Verse Text
yathā mukunda-mālāyām (8)–
divi vā bhuvi vā mamāstu vāso
narake vā narakāntaka prakāmam |
avadhīrita-śāradāravindau
caraṇau te maraṇe ’pi cintayāmi ||29||
Translation
An example from Mukunda-mālā: O destroyer of the demon Naraka! Wherever I live, according to Your desire, in heaven, on earth or in hell, I will remember even at the time of death Your two feet whose beauty defeats the lotuses blooming in the autumn season.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
This verse is an example of the statement made in the previous verse. Though I go anywhere, I will maintain my prīti for You, and not for anyone else. In the other ratis starting with sakhya, there are other distinctive attributes however. That is the difference between prīti and the superior ratis.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
In the Mukunda-mālā-stotra, compiled by King Kulaśekhara, one of the prayers says, “My dear Lord, You are the deliverer of living entities from the hellish condition of materialistic life, but that does not matter to me. Whether I am elevated to the heavenly platform or remain on this earthly planet or am dispatched to some hellish planet, that does not matter at all to me. My only prayer is that at the time of my death I may simply remember Your two beautiful feet, which are just like lotus flowers fructifying during the autumn season.”