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The Process of Devotional Service
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Bhāgavatam  can only be recited by one who has unflinching faith in the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa and His devotee, the spiritual master. One should try to understand  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  from the spiritual master. The Vedic injunction states:  bhak-tyā bhāgavataṁ grāhyaṁ na buddhyā na ca ṭīkayā . One has to understand  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  through the process of devotional service and by hearing the recitation of a pure devotee. These are the injunctions of Vedic literature— śruti  and  smṛti . Those who are not in the disciplic succession and who are not pure devotees cannot understand the real mysterious objective of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  and  Śrīmad Bhagavad-gītā .
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नामभक्ती छैन? श्रीममयुराम उडल बिति: ॥ ४७२ ॥
nāma-saṅkīrtanaṁ śrīman--nathurā-maṇḍale sthitiḥ
SYNONYMS
nāma-saṅkīrtanam —chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra ;  śrīman-mathurā-maṇḍale —in Mathurā, where Kṛṣṇa specifically performs His pastimes;  sthitiḥ —residence.
TRANSLATION
“‘One should congregationally chant the holy name of the Lord and reside in Vṛndāvana.’
PURPORT
Navadvīpa-dhāma, Jagannātha Purī-dhāma and Vṛndāvana-dhāma are considered to be identical. If one goes to Mathurā-maṇḍala-bhūmi for sense gratification or to make a livelihood, he commits an offense and is condemned. Whoever does so must be penalized in the next life by becoming a hog or a monkey in Vṛndāvana-dhāma. After taking on such a body, the offender is liberated in the next life. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura remarks that residing in Vṛndāvana with a view to enjoy sense gratification surely leads a so-called devotee to a lower species.
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হরুহাম্ভুতবীর্ধেংস্মিন্ শ্রদ্ধা: দূরেংস্তু পঞ্চকে ।।
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