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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 13]
manifestation, but the whole show is for the satisfaction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Brahmā knows how to satisfy the Lord, and similarly persons engaged in the line of Brahmā's plan of activities also know how to satisfy the Lord. The Lord is satisfied by the process of devotional service, consisting of the ninefold process of hearing, chanting, etc. It is in one's own self-interest to execute prescribed devotional service, and anyone who neglects this process neglects his own self-interest. Everyone wants to satisfy his senses, but above the senses is the mind, above the mind is the intelligence, above the intelligence is the individual self, and above the individual self there is the Superself. Above even the Superself there is the Supreme Personality of Godhead,  Viṣṇu-tattva . The primeval Lord and the cause of all causes is Śrī Kṛṣṇa. The complete process of perfectional service is to render service for the satisfaction of the transcendental senses of Lord Kṛṣṇa, who is known as Janārdana.
TEXT 14
मनुरुवाच
आदेशेऽहं भगवतो वर्तेयामीवधदन । स्यानं त्विहानुजानीहि प्रजानां मम च प्रभो ॥१४॥
manur uvāca
ādeśe'haṁ bhagavato
varteyāmīva-sūdana
sthānaṁ tv ihānujānīhi
prajānāṁ mama ca prabho
manuḥ uvāca —Śrī Manu said;  ādeśe —under the order;  aham —I;  bhagavataḥ —of your powerful self;  varteya —shall stay;  amīva-sūdana —O killer of all sins;  sthānaṁ —the place;  tu —but;  iha —in this world;  anujānīhi —please let me know;  prajānāṁ —of the living entities born from me;  mama —my;  ca —also;  prabho —O Lord.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Manu said: O all-powerful lord, O killer of all sins, I shall abide by your order. Now please let me know my place and that of the living entities born of me.
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यदोकः सर्वमूतानां मही मग्ना महाम्भसि ।
अस्या उद्धरणे यत्नो देव देव्या विधीयताम् ॥१५॥