kÄmÄdÄ«nÄá¹ kati na katidhÄ pÄlitÄ durnideÅ›Äs
teá¹£Äá¹ jÄtÄ mayi na karuá¹‡Ä na trapÄ nopaÅ›Äntiḥ
utsá¹›jyaitÄn atha yadu-pate sÄmprataá¹ labdha-buddhis
tvÄm ÄyÄtaḥ Å›araṇam abhayaá¹ mÄá¹ niyuá¹…ká¹£vÄtma-dÄsye

 kÄma-ÄdÄ«nÄm - of my masters such as lust, anger, greed, illusion and envy; kati - how many; na - not; katidhÄ - in how many ways; pÄlitÄḥ - obeyed; duḥ-nideÅ›Äḥ - undesirable orders; teá¹£Äm - of them; jÄtÄ - generated; mayi - unto me; na - not; karuá¹‡Ä - mercy; na - not; trapÄ - shame; na - not; upaÅ›Äntiḥ - desire to cease; utsá¹›jya - giving up; etÄn - all these; atha - herewith; yadu-pate - O best of the Yadu dynasty; sÄmpratam - now; labdha-buddhiḥ - having awakened intelligence; tvÄm - You; ÄyÄtaḥ - approached; Å›araṇam - who are the shelter; abhayam - fearless; mÄm - me; niyuá¹…ká¹£va - please engage; Ätma-dÄsye - in Your personal service.


Text

“ ‘O my Lord, there is no limit to the unwanted orders of lusty desires. Although I have rendered these desires so much service, they have not shown any mercy to me. I have not been ashamed to serve them, nor have I even desired to give them up. O my Lord, O head of the Yadu dynasty, recently, however, my intelligence has been awakened, and now I am giving them up. Due to transcendental intelligence, I now refuse to obey the unwanted orders of these desires, and I now come to You to surrender myself at Your fearless lotus feet. Kindly engage me in Your personal service and save me.’

Purport

This verse is also quoted in the Bhakti-rasÄmá¹›ta-sindhu (3.2.35). When we chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahÄ-mantra we are saying, “Hare! O energy of the Lord! O my Lord Kṛṣṇa!†In this way we are simply addressing the Lord and His spiritual potency, represented as RÄdhÄ-Kṛṣṇa, SÄ«tÄ-RÄma or Laká¹£mÄ«-NÄrÄyaṇa. The devotee always prays to the Lord and His internal energy (consort) so that he may engage in Their transcendental loving service. When the conditioned soul attains his real spiritual energy and fully surrenders unto the Lord’s lotus feet, he tries to engage in the Lord’s service. This is the real constitutional position of the living entity.