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The Advent of Lord Caitanya
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TEXT 86
এত বলি' দু'হে রহে হরষিত হঞ্জ।
শালগ্রাগ সেবা করে বিলেষ করিয়া ॥ ৮৬ ॥
eta bali' duṅhe rahe haraṣita hañā
śālagrāma sevā kare viśeṣa kariyā
SYNONYMS
eta bali' —after this conversation;  duṅhe —both of them;  rahe —remained;  haraṣita —jubilant;  hañā —becoming;  śālagrāma — śālagrāma-nārāyaṇa-śilā ;  sevā —service;  kare —rendered;  viśeṣa —with special attention;  kariyā —giving it.
TRANSLATION
After this conversation, both husband and wife were very jubilant, and together they rendered service to the household śālagrāma-śilā.
PURPORT
Especially in every  brāhmaṇa 's house there must be a  śālagrāma-śilā  to be worshiped by the  brāhmaṇa  family. This system is still current. People who are  brāhmaṇa  by caste, who are born in a  brāhmaṇa  family, must worship the  śālagrāma-śilā . Unfortunately, with the progress of Kali-yuga, the so-called  brāhmaṇas , although very proud of taking birth in  brāhmaṇa  families, no longer worship the  śālagrāma-śilā . But actually it has been a custom since time immemorial that a person born in a  brāhmaṇa  family must worship the  śālagrāma-śilā  in all circumstances. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness society, some of the members are very anxious to introduce the  śālagrāma-śilā , but we have purposely refrained from introducing it because most of the members of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement do not originally come from families of the  brāhmaṇa  caste. After some time, when we find that they are actually situated strictly in the line of brahminical behavior, this  śālagrāma-śilā  will be introduced.
In this age, the worship of the  śālagrāma-śilā  is not as important as the chanting of the holy name of the Lord. That is the injunction of the  śāstra .  Harer nāma harer nāma harer nāmaiva kevalaṁ kalau nāsty eva nāsty eva nāsty eva gatir anyathā . Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī's opinion is that by chanting the holy name offenselessly one becomes completely perfect. Nevertheless, just to purify the situation of the mind, worship of the Deity in the temple is also necessary. Therefore when one is advanced in spiritual consciousness or is perfectly situated on a spiritual platform he may take to the worship of the  śālagrāma-śilā .
The transferring of the Lord from the heart of Jagannātha Miśra to the heart of Śacīmātā is explained by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Thākura as follows: "It is to be concluded that Jagannātha Miśra and Śacīmātā are  nitya-siddhas , ever purified associates of the Lord. Their hearts are always uncontaminated, and therefore they never forget the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A common man in this material world has a contaminated heart. He must therefore first purify his heart to come to