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animal. Such big animals are generally praised by other animals like dogs, hogs, camels and asses. A person who does not lend his aural reception to hearing about the Supreme Personality of Godhead must be considered to have earholes like holes in a field. Although that person has a tongue, it is like the tongue of a frog, which unnecessarily creates a disturbance by croaking, inviting the snake of death. Similarly, a person who neither takes advantage of the dust of the lotus feet of great devotees nor smells the  tulasī  leaves offered to the lotus feet of the Lord must be considered dead even though he is supposedly working."
Similarly, the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , Tenth Canto, Chapter One, verse 4, states:
nivṛtta-tarṣair upagīyamānād bhavauṣadhācchrotra-mano 'bhirāmāt ka uttama-śloka-guṇānuvādāt pumān virajyeta vinā paśu-ghnāt
"Who but the animal-killer or the killer of the soul will not care to hear glorification of the Supreme Personality of Godhead? Such glorification is enjoyed by persons liberated from the contamination of this material world."
Similarly, in the Third Canto, Chapter Twenty-three, verse 56, the  Bhāgavatam  says,  na tīrthapada-sevāyai jīvann api mṛto hi saḥ : "Although a person is apparently living, if he does not serve the lotus feet of great devotees he is to be considered a dead body."
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श্রীচৈতন্য-নিত্যানন্দ, আচার্য অষ্টেতচন্দ্র, স্বরূপ-রূপ-রঘুনাথদাস । ইঁহা-সবার শ্রীচরণ, শিরে বন্দি নিজধম, জন্মলীলা গাইল কৃষ্ণদাস ॥ ১২৪ ॥
śrī-caitanya-nityānanda, ācārya advaitacandra, svarūpa-rūpa-raghunāthadāsa iṅhā-sabāra śrī-caraṇa, śire vandi nija-dhana, janma-līlā gāila kṛṣṇadāsa
SYNONYMS
śrī-caitanya-nityānanda —Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Nityānanda Prabhu;  ācārya advaitacandra —Ācārya Śrī Advaitacandra;  svarūpa-rūpa-raghunāthadāsa —Svarūpa Dāmodara, Rūpa Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī;  iṅhā-sabāra —of all of them;  śrī-caraṇa —the lotus feet;  śire —on the head;  vandi —offering respect;  nija-dhana —personal property;  janma-līlā —narration of the birth;  gāila —sang;  kṛṣṇadāsa —Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.