naiṣāṁ matis tāvad urukramāṅghriṁ
spṛśaty anarthāpagamo yad-arthaḥ
mahīyasāṁ pāda-rajo-'bhiṣekaṁ
niṣkiñcanānāṁ na vṛṇīta yāvat

 na - not; eṣām - of those who are attached to household life; matiḥ - the interest; tāvat - that long; urukrama-aṅghrim - the lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is credited with uncommon activities; spṛśati - touches; anartha - of unwanted things; apagamaḥ - vanquishing; yat - of which; arthaḥ - results; mahīyasām - of the great personalities, devotees; pāda-rajaḥ - of the dust of the lotus feet; abhiṣekam - sprinkling on the head; niṣkiñcanānām - who are completely detached from material possessions; na vṛṇīta - does not do; yāvat - as long as.


Text

“ ‘Unless human society accepts the dust of the lotus feet of great mahātmās — devotees who have nothing to do with material possessions — mankind cannot turn its attention to the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa. Those lotus feet vanquish all the unwanted, miserable conditions of material life.’

Purport

This verse appears in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.32). For an explanation, see Madhya-līlā 22.53.