dehaá¹-bhá¹›tÄm iyÄn artho
hitvÄ dambhaá¹ bhiyaá¹ Å›ucam
sandeÅ›Äd yo harer liá¹…ga-
darÅ›ana-Å›ravaṇÄdibhiḥ
deham-bhá¹›tÄm - of embodied beings; iyÄn - this much; arthaḥ - the goal of life; hitvÄ - giving up; dambham - pride; bhiyam - fear; Å›ucam - and sorrow; sandeÅ›Ät - beginning from his being ordered (by Kaá¹sa); yaḥ - which; hareḥ - of Lord Kṛṣṇa; liá¹…ga - the signs; darÅ›ana - with the seeing; Å›ravaṇa - hearing about; Ädibhiḥ - and so on.
The very goal of life for all embodied beings is this ecstasy, which AkrÅ«ra experienced when, upon receiving Kaá¹sa’s order, he put aside all pride, fear and lamentation and absorbed himself in seeing, hearing and describing the things that reminded him of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
ÅšrÄ«la ViÅ›vanÄtha CakravartÄ« explains that AkrÅ«ra gave up fear by openly showing his love and reverence for Kṛṣṇa, even though he or his family might have been punished by the angry Kaá¹sa. AkrÅ«ra gave up his pride in being an aristocratic member of society and worshiped the cowherd residents of the simple village of Vá¹›ndÄvana. And he gave up lamenting for his house, wife and family, which were in danger from King Kaá¹sa. Giving up all these things, he rolled in the dust of the lotus feet of God.
