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<div id="Srimad-Bhagavatam" class="section" sec_index="1" parent="compilation" text="Srimad-Bhagavatam"><h2>Srimad-Bhagavatam</h2></div><br />
<div id="SB_Canto_5" class="sub_section" sec_index="5" parent="Srimad-Bhagavatam" text="SB Canto 5"><h3>SB Canto 5</h3></div><br />
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<div class="heading">Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers merely a tulasī leaf and a palmful of water.</div><br />
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.3.6|SB 5.3.6, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text">Quoting from the Gautamīya-tantra, the Hari-bhakti-vilāsa states:<br />
:tulasī-dala-mātreṇa <br />
:jalasya culukena vā <br />
:vikrīṇīte svam ātmānaṁ <br />
:bhaktebhyo bhakta-vatsalaḥ <br />
"Śrī Kṛṣṇa, who is very affectionate toward His devotees, sells Himself to a devotee who offers merely a tulasī leaf and a palmful of water." The Supreme Lord is causelessly merciful upon His devotee, so much so that even the poorest of men can offer Him a little water and a flower in devotion and thus please Him. This is due to His affectionate dealings with His devotees.</div><br />
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<div class="heading">In whatever form the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu appears, He is always affectionate toward His devotees.</div><br />
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 5.18.17|SB 5.18.17, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text">The word māyāmayam used in this verse should not be understood according to the interpretations of the Māyāvādīs. Māyā means affection as well as illusion. When a mother deals with her child affectionately, she is called māyāmaya. In whatever form the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu appears, He is always affectionate toward His devotees. Thus the word māyāmayam is used here to mean "very affectionate toward the devotees." Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī writes in this regard that māyāmayam can also mean kṛpā-pracuram, deeply merciful. Similarly, Śrīla Vīrarāghava says, māyā-pracuranātmīya-saṅkalpena parigṛhītam ity arthaḥ jñāna-paryāyo'tra māyā-śabdaḥ: when one is very affectionate due to an intimate relationship, one is described as māyāmaya. Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura explains māyāmayam by dividing it into the words māyā and āmayam. He explains these words to indicate that because the living entity is covered by the disease of illusion, the Lord is always eager to deliver His devotee from the clutches of māyā and cure him of the disease caused by the illusory energy.</div><br />
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<div class="heading">The Lord is very kind and affectionate toward His devotees.</div><br />
<span class="link">[[Vanisource:SB 6.17.17|SB 6.17.17, Purport]]: </span><div style="display: inline;" class="purport text">The Lord is very kind and affectionate toward His devotees, and therefore a devotee, in any condition, is not subjected to the results of karma. A devotee never aspires for the heavenly planets. The heavenly planets, liberation and hell are nondifferent for a devotee, for he does not discriminate between different positions in the material world. A devotee is always eager to return home, back to Godhead, and remain there as the Lord's associate.</div><br />
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