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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 2]
kriyāsu yas tvac-caraṇāravindayor āviṣṭa-cetā na bhavāya kalpate
śṛṇvan —constantly hearing about the Lord ( śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ );  gṛṇan —chanting or reciting (the holy name of the Lord and His activities);  saṁsmarayan —remembering (constantly thinking of the Lord's lotus feet and His form);  ca —and;  cintayan —contemplating (the transcendental activities of the Lord);  nāmāni —His transcendental names;  rūpāṇi —His transcendental forms;  ca —also;  maṅgalāni —which are all transcendental and therefore auspicious;  te —of Your Lordship;  kriyāsu —in being engaged in the devotional service;  yaḥ —he who;  tvat-caraṇa-aravindayoḥ —at Your lotus feet;  āviṣṭa-cetāḥ —the devotee who is completely absorbed (in such activities);  na —not;  bhavāya —for the material platform;  kalpate —is fit.
TRANSLATION
Even while engaged in various activities, devotees whose minds are completely absorbed at Your lotus feet, and who constantly hear, chant, contemplate and cause others to remember Your transcendental names and forms, are always on the transcendental platform, and thus they can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
PURPORT
How  bhakti-yoga  can be practiced is explained in this verse. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī has said that anyone who has dedicated his life to the service of the Lord ( īhā yasya harer dāsye ) by his activities, his mind and his words ( karmaṇā manasā girā ) may stay in any condition of life ( nikhilāsv apy avasthāsu ) and yet is no longer actually conditioned but is liberated ( jīvan-muktaḥ sa ucyate ). Even though such a devotee is in a material body, he has nothing to do with this body, for he is transcendentally situated.  Nārāyaṇa-parāḥ sarve na kutaścana bibhyati : because a devotee is engaged in transcendental activities, he is not afraid of being materially embodied. ( Bhāg.  6.17.28) Illustrating this liberated position, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu prayed,  mama janmani janmanīśvare bhava-