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Nārada's Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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The purport is that any transaction, either in the field of fruitive work or empiric philosophy, which is not ultimately aimed at transcendental realization of the Supreme Lord, is considered to be useless. Nāradajī has therefore explained the nature of unalloyed devotional service by his personal experience in the development of intimacy between the Lord and the living entity by gradual process of progressive devotional activities. Such a progressive march of transcendental devotion for the Lord culminates in the attainment of loving service of the Lord, which is called  premā  in different transcendental variegatedness called  rasas  (tastes). Such devotional service is also executed in mixed forms, namely mixed with fruitive work or empiric philosophical speculations.
Now the question which was raised by the great  ṛṣis  headed by Śaunaka regarding the confidential part of Śūta's achievement through the spiritual master is explained herein by chanting this hymn consisting of thirty-three letters. And this  mantra  is addressed to the four Deities or the Lord with His plenary expansions. The central figure is Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa because the plenary portions are His aides-de-camp. The most confidential part of the instruction is that one should always chant and remember the glories of the Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa the Supreme Personality of Godhead along with His different plenary portions expanded as Vāsudeva, Saṅkarṣaṇa, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. These expansions are the original Deities for all other truths, namely either  Viṣṇu-tattva  or  śakti-tattvas .
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इति मूर्त्यभिधानेन मन्त्रमूर्तिममूर्तिकम् । यजते यज्ञपुरुषं स सम्यग्दर्शनः पुमान् ॥३८॥
iti mūrty-abhidhānena mantra-mūrtim amūrtikam yajate yajña-puruṣam sa samyag darśanaḥ pumān
iti—thus; mūrti—representation; abhidhānena—in sound; mantra-mūrtim—form representation of transcendental sound; amūrtikam—the Lord who has no material form; yajate—worship; yajña—Viṣṇu; puruṣam—the Personality of Godhead; saḥ—he alone; samyak—perfectly; darśanaḥ—one who has seen; pumān—person.