Text 49]
Description of the Kingdom of God
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is acceptable for everyone, especially in this age. One should engage himself in hearing from pure devotees about the activities of the Lord. That is considered the supreme benediction for mankind.
TEXT 49
कामं भवः स्ववृजिनैर्निरयेषु नः स्ता- 
    चेतोऽलिवधदि नु ते पदयो रमेत । 
    वाचश्च नस्तुलसिवधदि तेऽङ्घ्रिशोभाः 
    पूर्येत ते गुणगणैर्यदि कर्णरन्ध्रः ॥४९॥
kāmam bhavaḥ sva-vṛjinair nirayeṣu naḥ stāc 
    ceto 'livad yadi nu te padayo rameta 
    vācaś ca nas tulasivad yadi te 'nghri-śobhāḥ 
    pūryeta te guṇa-gaṇair yadi karṇa-randhraḥ
kāmam—as much as deserved; bhavaḥ—birth; sva-vṛjinaiḥ—by our own sinful activities; nirayeṣu—in low births; naḥ—our; stāt—let it be; cetaḥ—minds; alivat—like bees; yadi—if; nu—may be; te—Your; padayoḥ—at Your lotus feet; rameta—are engaged; vācaḥ—words; ca—and; naḥ—our; tulasivat—like the tulasī leaves; yadi—if; te—Your; anghri—at Your lotus feet; śobhāḥ—beautified; pūryeta—are filled; te—Your; guṇa-gaṇaiḥ—by transcendental qualities; yadi—if; karṇa-randhraḥ—the holes of the ears.
TRANSLATION
O Lord, we pray that You let us be born in any hellish condition of life, just as long as our hearts and minds are always engaged in the service of Your lotus feet, our words are made beautiful [by speaking of Your activities] just as tulasī leaves are beautified when offered unto Your lotus feet, and as long as our ears are always filled with the chanting of Your transcendental qualities.
PURPORT
The four sages now offer their humility to the Personality of Godhead because of their having been haughty in cursing two other devotees of the Lord. Jaya and Vijaya, the two doorkeepers who checked them from entering the Vaikuṇṭha planet, were certainly offenders, but, as Vaiṣṇavas, the four sages should not have cursed them in anger. After the incident, they become conscious that they had done wrong by cursing the devotees of the Lord, and they prayed to the Lord that even in the hellish condition of