पादप्रक्षालितं तीर्थं साधूनां यः पिबेन्नरः |
स पुण्यात्मा महाभागः सर्वतीर्थमयो ननु ||
यः पूजयेदभागवतान् स्मृत्वा साक्षाज्जनार्दनम् |
तस्मै भक्तवरिष्ठाय ददात्यात्मानमेव सः ||
यस्यान्नमल्पमेवापि निहितं वैष्णवोदरे |
महापातकयुक्तोपि यातनां नैव गच्छति ||
यदृच्छयापि यः साधुमजानन्नापि पश्यति |
तं पश्यति कृपासिन्धुः कृपया भक्तवत्सलः ||
उत्तिष्ठति च यो दृष्ट्वा बहुमानेन वैष्णवान् |
संसारसागराद्घोरात्तमुद्धरति माधवः ||
That fortunate one who drinks the sacred feet-wash of the sadhus gets purified and himself becomes venerable as the sacred teerthas. Shri Bhagavan offers Himself to that bhakta who considers the bhaktas equal to the Lord and treats them with reverence. One who eats atleast a portion of food remnants of a hungry vaishnava, will never reach the Naraka, howsoever great a sinner he be. A person who meets the sadhus unexpectedly, eventhough no aware of their magnificience, is blessed with a compassionate glance of the eyes of Shri Krishna, the Bhaktavatsala. Shri Madhava lifts up from the ocean of samsara and takes ashore the person who stands up with great reverence whenever he sees a vaishnava coming his way.
