Text 38] Deliverance of the Yamala-arjuna Trees
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tised  simply for having exhibited some magical performances, but except for persons who are servants of Nārada and other servants of Kṛṣṇa, no one can understand who is God and who is not. This is confirmed by  Narottama dāsa Thākura.  Chādiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā  : no one is delivered from the material conception of life unless favored by a Vaiṣṇava. Others can never understand, neither by speculation nor by any other bodily or mental gymnastics.
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वाणी गुणानुकथने श्रवणौ कथायां हस्तौ च कर्मसु मनस्तव पादयोर्नः । स्मृत्यां शिरस्तव निवासजगत्प्रणामे दृष्टिः सतां दर्शनेऽस्तु भवत्तनूनाम् ॥३८॥
vāṇī guṇānukathane śravaṇau kathāyām hastau ca karmasu manas tava pādayor naḥ smṛtyām śiras tava nivāsa-jagat-praṇāme dṛṣṭiḥ satām darśane 'stu bhavat-tanūnām
vāṇī —words, the power of speech;  guṇa-anukathane —always engaged in talking about Your pastimes;  śravaṇau —the ear, or aural reception;  kathāyām —in talks about You and Your pastimes;  hastau —hands and legs and other senses;  ca —also;  karmasu —engaging them in executing Your mission;  manaḥ —the mind;  tava —Your;  pādayoḥ —of Your lotus feet;  naḥ —our;  smṛtyām —in remembrance always engaged in meditation;  śiraḥ —the head;  tava —Your;  nivāsa-jagat-praṇāme —because You are all-pervading, You are everything, and our heads should bow down, not looking for enjoyment;  dṛṣṭiḥ —the power of sight;  satām —of the Vaiṣṇavas;  darśane —in seeing;  astu —let all of them be engaged in this way;  bhavat-tanūnām —who are nondifferent from You.
TRANSLATION
Henceforward, may all our words describe Your pastimes, may our ears engage in aural reception of Your glories, may our hands, legs and other senses engage in actions pleasing to You, and may