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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 6]
by His breathing, and He is seen and realized through the transcendental sound of the  Vedas . Similarly, the  Bhagavad-gītā  is the sound representation of the Lord, and there is no difference in identity. The conclusion is that the Lord can be seen and heard by persistently chanting the transcendental sound.
TEXT 26
नामान्यनन्तस्य हतत्रपः पठन् 
  गुह्यानि भद्राणि कृतानि च स्मरन् । 
  गां पर्यटंस्तुष्टमना गतस्पृहः 
  कालं प्रतीक्षन् विमदो विमत्सरः ॥२६॥
nāmāny anantasya hata-trapaḥ paṭhan 
  guhyāni bhadrāṇi kṛtāni ca smaran 
  gām paryaṭams tuṣṭamanā gata-spṛhaḥ 
  kālam pratīkṣan vimado vimatsaraḥ
nāmāni—the holy name, fame, etc.; anantasya—of the unlimited; hata-trapaḥ—being freed from all formalities of the material world; paṭhan—by recitation, repeated reading, etc.; guhyāni—mysterious; bhadrāṇi—all benedictory; kṛtāni—activities; ca—and; smaran—constantly remembering; gām—on the earth; paryaṭan—traveling all through; tuṣṭamanāḥ—fully satisfied; gata-spṛhaḥ—completely freed from all material desires; kālam—time; pratīkṣan—awaiting; vimadaḥ—without being proud; vimatsaraḥ—without being envious.
TRANSLATION
Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I travelled all over the earth, fully satisfied, humble and unenvious.
PURPORT
The life of a sincere devotee of the Lord is thus explained in a nutshell by Nārada Muni by his personal example. Such a devotee, after his initiation by the Lord or His bona fide representative, takes very seriously