सत्यं दिशत्यर्थितमर्थितो नृणां
नैवार्थदो यत्पुनरर्थिता यतः ।
स्वयं विधत्ते भजतामनिच्छता
मिच्छापिधानं निजपादपल्लवम् ॥२७॥

satyaá¹ diÅ›aty arthitam arthito nṛṇÄá¹
naivÄrthado yat punar arthitÄ yataḥ
svayaá¹ vidhatte bhajatÄm anicchatÄm
icchÄpidhÄnaá¹ nija-pÄda-pallavam

5 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: CC(3) , NBS(1) , TLC(1)

 satyam - certainly; diÅ›ati - He offers; arthitam - the object prayed for; arthitaḥ - being prayed to; nṛṇÄm - by the human beings; na - not; eva - indeed; artha-daḥ - the bestower of benedictions; yat - which; punaḥ - again; arthitÄ - a demand for a benediction; yataḥ - from which; svayam - personally; vidhatte - He gives; bhajatÄm - unto those engaged in His service; anicchatÄm - although not desiring it; icchÄ-pidhÄnam - which covers all desirable things; nija-pÄda-pallavam - His own lotus feet.


Text

The Supreme Personality of Godhead fulfills the material desires of a devotee who approaches Him with such motives, but He does not bestow benedictions upon the devotee that will cause him to demand more benedictions again. However, the Lord willingly gives the devotee shelter at His own lotus feet, even though such a person does not aspire for it, and that shelter satisfies all his desires. That is the Supreme Personality’s special mercy.

Purport

The devotees mentioned in the previous verse approach the Supreme Personality of Godhead with material motives, but this verse explains how such devotees are saved from those desires. ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam (2.3.10) advises:

akÄmaḥ sarva-kÄmo vÄ
 moká¹£a-kÄma udÄra-dhīḥ
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena
 yajeta puruá¹£aá¹ param

“Whether one is freed from all material desires, is full of material desires, or desires to become one with the Supreme, he should engage in devotional service.†In this way, not only will the devotee’s desires be fulfilled, but the day will come when he will have no other desire than to serve the lotus feet of the Lord. One who engages in the service of the Lord with some motive is called a sakÄma-bhakta, and one who serves the Lord without any motives is called an akÄma-bhakta. Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that He turns a sakÄma-bhakta into an akÄma-bhakta. A pure devotee, an akÄma-bhakta, who has no material motives, is satisfied simply to serve the lotus feet of the Lord. This is confirmed in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (6.22). Yaá¹ labdhvÄ cÄparaá¹ lÄbhaá¹ manyate nÄdhikaá¹ tataḥ: if one engages in the service of the lotus feet of the Lord, he does not want anything more. This is the highest stage of devotional service. The Lord is so kind even to a sakÄma-bhakta, a motivated devotee, that He satisfies his desires in such a way that one day he becomes an akÄma-bhakta. Dhruva MahÄrÄja, for example, became a bhakta with the motive of getting a better kingdom than that of his father, but finally he became an akÄma-bhakta and said to the Lord, svÄmin ká¹›tÄrtho ’smi varaá¹ na yÄce: “My dear Lord, I am very satisfied simply to serve Your lotus feet. I do not want any material benefits.†Sometimes it is found that a small child eats dirty things, but his parents take away the dirty things and offer him a sandeÅ›a or some other sweetmeat. Devotees who aspire for material benedictions are compared to such children. The Lord is so kind that He takes away their material desires and gives them the highest benediction. Therefore, even for material motives, one should not worship anyone other than the Supreme Personality of Godhead; one must fully engage himself in the devotional service of the Lord so that all his desires will be fulfilled and at the end he can go back home, back to Godhead. This is explained in Caitanya-caritÄmá¹›ta (Madhya 22.37-39, 41) as follows.

AnyakÄmÄ« — a devotee may desire something other than service to the lotus feet of the Lord; yadi kare kṛṣṇera bhajana — but if he engages in Lord Kṛṣṇa’s service; nÄ mÄgiteha kṛṣṇa tÄre dena sva-caraṇa — Kṛṣṇa gives him shelter at His lotus feet, even though he does not aspire for it. Kṛṣṇa kahe — the Lord says; ÄmÄ bhaje — “He is engaged in My serviceâ€; mÄge viá¹£aya-sukha — “but he wants the benefits of material sense gratification.†Amá¹›ta chÄá¸i’ viá¹£a mÄge: — “such a devotee is like a person who asks for poison instead of nectar.†Ei baá¸a mÅ«rkha: “That is his foolishness.†Ami-vijña: “But I am experienced.†Ei mÅ«rkhe ‘viá¹£aya’ kene diba: “Why should I give such a foolish person the dirty things of material enjoyment?†Sva-caraṇa-má¹›ta: “It would be better for Me to give him shelter at My lotus feet.â€Â â€˜Viá¹£aya’ bhulÄiba: “I shall cause him to forget all material desires.†KÄma lÄgi’ kṛṣṇa bhaje — if one engages in the service of the Lord for sense gratification; paya kṛṣṇa-rase — the result is that he ultimately gets a taste for serving the lotus feet of the Lord. KÄma chÄá¸i’ ‘dasa’ haite haya abhilÄá¹£e: He then gives up all material desires and wants to become an eternal servant of the Lord.