tad bhūri-bhāgyam iha janma kim apy aṭavyāḿ
yad gokule 'pi katamāńghri-rajo-'bhiṣekam
yaj-jīvitaḿ tu nikhilaḿ bhagavān mukundas
tv adyāpi yat-pada-rajaḥ śruti-mṛgyam eva
tat -- that; bhuri-bhagyam -- the greatest good fortune; iha -- here; janma -- the birth; kim api -- any whatsoever; atavyam -- in the forest (of Vrindavana); yat -- which; gokule -- in Gokula; api -- even; katama -- of any (of the devotees); anghri -- of the feet; rajah -- by the dust; abhishekam -- bathing; yat -- whose; jivitam -- life; tu -- indeed; nikhilam -- whole; bhagavan -- the Supreme Personality of Godhead; mukundah -- Lord Mukunda; tu -- but; adya api -- even until now; yat -- whose; pada-rajah -- dust of the feet; sruti -- by the Vedas; mrigyam -- sought after; eva -- certainly.
My greatest possible good fortune would be to take any birth whatever in this forest of Gokula and have my head bathed by the dust falling from the lotus feet of any of its residents. Their entire life and soul is the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Mukunda, the dust of whose lotus feet is still being searched for in the Vedic mantras.
This verse indicates that Lord Brahma desires to take birth even as the smallest blade of grass in Vrindavana so that the holy residents of the Lord's abode may walk upon his head and bless him with the dust of their feet. Being realistic, Lord Brahma does not aspire to directly achieve the dust of Lord Krishna's feet; rather, he aspires for the mercy of the Lord's devotees. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura explains that Brahma is willing to take birth even as a stone in a paved footpath in the Lord's abode. Since Brahma is the creator of the entire universe, we can just imagine the glorious position of the residents of Vrindavana.
The Lord's devotees achieve their exalted position by unalloyed devotion and love. One cannot achieve such spiritual opulence by any puffed-up material process of personal improvement. In Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Srila Prabhupada reveals the mind of Brahma as follows: "But if I am not so fortunate as to take birth within the forest of Vrindavana, I beg to be allowed to take birth outside the immediate area of Vrindavana so that when the devotees go out they will walk over me. Even that would be a great fortune for me. I am just aspiring for a birth in which I will be smeared by the dust of the devotees' feet."
