हरौ रतिं वहन्नेष नरेन्द्राणां शिखामणिः ।
भिक्षामटन्नरिपुरे श्वपाकमपि वन्दते ॥

harau ratiṁ vahann eṣa narendrāṇāṃ śikhāmaṇiḥ |
bhikṣām aṭann ari-pure śvapākam api vandate ||
(Padma Purāṇa; cited in Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu: 1.3.33)

“Holding rati for Hari [in his heart], this crest jewel among kings [i.e., Bhagīratha Mahārāja] went to beg alms at the homes of enemies and bowed down even to outcastes [lit., dog-cookers].”

Commentary

Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī cites this verse as an example of the characteristic of bhāva-bhakti known as māna-śūnyatā, pridelessness.

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