yasya bhaktir bhagavati
harau niḼĹreyaseĹvare
vikrÄŤá¸ato 'máštÄmbhodhau
kiáš kᚣudraiḼ khÄtakodakaiḼ
yasya - of whom; bhaktiḼ - devotional service; bhagavati - to the Supreme Personality of Godhead; harau - Lord Hari; niḼĹreyasa-ÄŤĹvare - the controller of the supreme perfection of life, or supreme liberation; vikrÄŤá¸ataḼ - swimming or playing; amášta-ambhodhau - in the ocean of nectar; kim - what is the use; kᚣudraiḼ - with small; khÄtaka-udakaiḼ - ditches of water.
VáštrÄsura has formerly prayed (BhÄg. 6.11.25), na nÄka-pášášŁášhaáš na ca pÄrameᚣášhyaáš na sÄrva-bhaumaáš na rasÄdhipatyam. âI do not want the facilities for happiness on Brahmaloka, Svargaloka or even Dhruvaloka, not to speak of this earth or the lower planets. I simply want to return home, back to Godhead.â This is the determination of a pure devotee. A pure devotee is never attracted to any exalted position within this material world. He simply wants to associate with the Supreme Personality of Godhead like the inhabitants of VášndÄvana â ĹrÄŤmatÄŤ RÄdhÄrÄášÄŤ, the gopÄŤs, KášášŁášaâs father and mother (Nanda MahÄrÄja and YaĹodÄ), KášášŁášaâs friends and KášášŁášaâs servants. He wants to associate with KášášŁášaâs atmosphere of VášndÄvanaâs beauty. These are the highest ambitions of a devotee of KášášŁáša. Devotees of Lord Viᚣášu may aspire for a position in Vaikuášášhaloka, but a devotee of KášášŁáša never aspires even for the facilities of Vaikuášášha; he wants to return to Goloka VášndÄvana and associate with Lord KášášŁáša in His eternal pastimes. Any material happiness is like water in a ditch, whereas the spiritual happiness eternally enjoyed in the spiritual world is like an ocean of nectar in which a devotee wants to swim.