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The field of freedom

bhūdāratāmudavahadyadapekṣayā śrī-bhūdāra eva kimataḥ sumate labhasva ;kedāramākalitamuktimahauṣadhīnāṃpādāravindabhajanaṃ parameśvarasya . 73

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For the sake of those feet, even the Lord who upholds the earth assumed a boar's form.

Key expressions in this quarter: bhūdāra — bearer or cleaver of the earth; śrībhūdāra — Lord of Sri and the earth.

What more need be said, wise mind? Obtain this.

Key expressions in this quarter: sumati — wise mind; labhasva — obtain.

Worship of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet, the field.

Key expressions in this quarter: kedāra — field; mukti — liberation.

In which the great medicinal plants of liberation are cultivated.

Key expressions in this quarter: bhajana — worship; parameśvara — Supreme Lord.

The field of freedom

For the sake of those feet, even the Lord who upholds the earth assumed a boar's form. What more need be said, wise mind? Obtain this. Worship of the Supreme Lord's lotus feet, the field. In which the great medicinal plants of liberation are cultivated.

How the verse unfolds.

The first image recalls Vishnu's search below in the boar form. The verse then changes from searching the earth to cultivating a field of liberation. The connection is devotion to the feet: they are both the object sought and the ground of the desired fruit.

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Am I only searching for a result, or also cultivating the ground that supports it?

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Devotion as the desired fruit

The feet sought by Vishnu are also the field in which liberation can grow. Seeking and cultivation meet in the act of worship.

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Am I only searching for a result, or also cultivating the ground that supports it?

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