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The Son of Droṇa Punished
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cludes His parts and parcels also. He saw, therefore, His different energies, namely the internal energy, the marginal energy and the external energy. He saw also His different plenary portions and parts of the plenary portions, namely His different incarnations also, and he specifically observed the unwanted miseries of the conditioned souls who are bewildered by the external energy. And at last he saw the remedial measure for the conditioned souls, namely, the process of devotional service. It is a great transcendental science and begins with the process of hearing and chanting the name, fame, glory, etc., of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Revival of the dormant affection or love of Godhead does not depend on the mechanical system of hearing and chanting, but it solely and wholly depends on the causeless mercy of the Lord. When the Lord is fully satisfied with the sincere efforts of the devotee, He may endow him with His loving transcendental service. But even with the prescribed forms of hearing and chanting, there is at once mitigation of the superfluous and unwanted miseries of material existence. Such mitigation of material affection does not wait for development of transcendental knowledge. Rather, knowledge is dependent on devotional service for ultimate realization of the Supreme Truth.
TEXT 7
यस्यां वै श्रूयमाणायां कृष्णे परमपूरुषे । भक्तिरुत्पद्यते पुंसः शोकमोहभयापहा ॥ ७ ॥
yasyām vai śrūyamāṇāyām   kṛṣṇe parama-pūruṣe   bhaktir utpadyate puṁsaḥ   śoka-moha-bhayāpahā
yasyām —this Vedic literature;  vai —certainly;  śrūyamāṇāyām —simply by giving aural reception;  kṛṣṇe —unto Lord Kṛṣṇa;  parama —supreme;  pūruṣe —unto the Personality of Godhead;  bhaktiḥ —feelings of devotional service;  utpadyate —sprout up;  puṁsaḥ —of the living being;  śoka —lamentation;  moha —illusion;  bhaya —fearfulness;  apahā —that which extinguishes.
TRANSLATION
Simply by hearing this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and fearfulness.