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Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsa
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PURPORT
Devotional service rendered to the Personality of Godhead never goes in vain. Since the Personality of Godhead is eternal, intelligence applied in His service or anything done in His relation is also permanent. In the  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said that such transcendental service rendered unto the Personality of Godhead accumulates birth after birth, and when the devotee is fully matured, the total service counted together makes him eligible to enter into the association of the Personality of Godhead. Such accumulation of God's service is never vanquished, but increases till fully matured.
TEXT 25
एतावदुक्त्वोपराम तन्महद् 
भूतं नभोलिङ्गमलिङ्गमीश्वरम् । 
अहं च तस्मै महतां महीयसे 
शीर्षावनामं विदधेऽनुकम्पितः ॥२५॥
‘etāvad uktvopararāma tan-mahad 
bhūtam nabho-liṅgam aliṅgam īśvaram 
aham ca tasmai mahatām mahīyase 
śīrṣṇāvanāmam vidadhe’nukampitaḥ
etāvat—thus; uktvā—spoken; upararāma—stopped; tat—that; mahat—great; bhūtam—wonderful; nabhaḥ-liṅgam—personified by sound; aliṅgam—unseen by the eyes; īśvaram—the supreme authority; aham—I; ca—also; tasmai—unto Him; mahatām—the great; mahīyase—unto the glorified; śīrṣṇā—by the head; avanāmam—obeisances; vidadhe—executed; anu-kampitaḥ—being favored by Him.
TRANSLATION
Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude, I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head.
PURPORT
That the Personality of Godhead was not seen but only heard does not make any difference. The Personality of Godhead produced the four  Vedas