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# Bhagavatapurana 9.4.20

Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9.4.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [9.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata.9.4.20)

pādau hareḥ kṣetrapadānusarpaṇe śiro hṛṣīkeśapadābhivandane /  
kāmaṃ ca dāsye na tu kāmakāmyayā yathottamaślokajanāśrayā ratiḥ //

> 20. His \*feet\* he employed in walking to the holy places of Hari and his \*head\* in bowing down at the feet of Hrisheekesa; he cherished his \*desires\* only to the service of the Almighty Lord—but not to the attainment of any wordly objects, so that his delight in associating with the Lord's men may grow.  
> — S. Subba Rau 1928, The Srimad Bhagavatam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Srimad Bhagavatam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-subbarau.9.4.p21) — S. Subba Rau 1928, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.bhagavata~en-mt.9.4.20) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Garuḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.3.23.16) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Bhagavadbhaktirasāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.bhagavadbhaktirasayana.1.36_298) — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī, Sanskrit

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