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## Adipurana 3.5.1.8.16.37
They only say, "It is the Guru's grace." We, however, who have attained prosperity through your grace, have experienced the essence of that statement. ||101||
We, who are devoted to your name, who desire your grace, and who are your servants, do not desire the worship of anyone else. ||102||
In this situation, Bharata calls us to pay our respects. We do not know if his motivation is pride or envy. ||103||
O Dev, our heads, intoxicated by the pleasure of practicing prostration to you, will never find satisfaction in prostrating to anyone else. ||104||
Does the royal swan, after being served by the pollen-stained water of Manasa Sarovar, seek the service of the water of any other lake? ||105||
Does the bee, satisfied by the fragrance of the flowers adorning the hair of Apsaras, go to the forest of bees even after death? ||106||
Or, does the Chatak, having drunk the pure sky-born water, like pearls falling from a fresh cloud, desire to drink the water of a drying lake when thirsty? ||107||
Thus, our heads, stained with the pollen of your lotus feet, are not capable of paying respects to anyone else, neither in this world nor in the next. ||108||
We have come to your side to receive the initiation of a warrior, which is free from the fear of prostrating to others and is devoid of fear. ||109||
Therefore, O Dev, tell us the path that is beneficial and conducive to our well-being, so that our devotion to you becomes firm in this world and the next. ||110||
O Dev, may we attain your position, which is free from the fear of humiliation arising from prostrating to others, in every birth. ||111||
Yogis, free from the fear of humiliation arising from the destruction of pride, find happiness in the forests, equal to the Hari. ||112||
They want to... ||100||
In this world, people say, "It is the father's grace," but we, who have attained great wealth through your grace, have experienced the essence of that statement. ||101||
We, who are devoted to your name, who desire your grace, and who are your servants, do not desire the worship of anyone else. ||102||
Even so, Bharata calls us to pay our respects. We do not know if his motivation is pride or envy. ||103||
O Dev, our heads, intoxicated by the pleasure of practicing prostration to you, will never find satisfaction in prostrating to anyone else. ||104||
Does the royal swan, after being served by the pollen-stained water of Manasa Sarovar, seek the service of the water of any other lake? ||105||
Does the bee, satisfied by the fragrance of the flowers adorning the hair of Apsaras, go to the forest of bees even after death? ||106||
Or, does the Chatak, having drunk the pure sky-born water, like pearls falling from a fresh cloud, desire to drink the water of a drying lake when thirsty? ||107||
Thus, our heads, stained with the pollen of your lotus feet, are not capable of paying respects to anyone else, neither in this world nor in the next. ||108||
We have come to your side to receive the initiation of a warrior, which is free from the fear of prostrating to others and is devoid of fear. ||1