Text 29
tasyaivaṁ me ’nuraktasya
praśritasya hatainasaḥ
śraddadhānasya bālasya
dāntasyānucarasya ca
tasya — his; evam — thus; me — mine; anuraktasya — attached to them; praśritasya — obediently; hata — freed from; enasaḥ — sins; śraddadhānasya — of the faithful; bālasya — of the boy; dāntasya — subjugated; anucarasya — strictly following the instructions; ca — and.
私は非常にそれらの聖者たちに夢中になった。私の振る舞いは柔和であり、すべての罪が彼らに対する奉仕の中で完全に消し去られた。私は心から彼らに強い信頼を持っていた。私はすでに感覚を征服していた。私は厳格に体と心で彼らに従っていた。
These are the necessary qualifications of a prospective candidate who can expect to be elevated to the position of a pure unadulterated devotee. Such a candidate must always seek the association of pure devotees. One should not be misled by a pseudodevotee. He himself must be plain and gentle to receive the instructions of such a pure devotee. A pure devotee is a completely surrendered soul unto the Personality of Godhead. He knows the Personality of Godhead as the supreme proprietor and all others as His servitors. And by the association of pure devotees only, one can get rid of all sins accumulated by mundane association. A neophyte devotee must faithfully serve the pure devotee, and he should be very much obedient and strictly follow the instructions. These are the signs of a devotee who is determined to achieve success even in the existing duration of life.