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The Glories of Devotional Service
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TEXT 32
श्रीभगवानुवाच
देवानां गुणलिङ्गानामानुश्रविककर्मणाम् । 
  सत्त्व एवैकमनसो दृत्तिः स्वाभाविकी तु या । 
  अनिमित्ता भागवती भक्तिः सिद्धेर्गरीयसी ॥३२॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca 
  devānāṁ guṇa-liṅgānām 
  ānuśravika-karmaṇām 
  sattva evaika-manaso 
  vṛttiḥ svābhāvikī tu yā 
  animittā bhāgavatī 
  bhaktiḥ siddher garīyasī
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said;  devānām —of the senses or of the presiding deities of the senses;  guṇa-liṅgānām —which detect sense-objects;  ānuśravika —according to scripture;  karmaṇām —which work;  sattve —unto the mind or unto the Lord;  eva —only;  eka-manasaḥ —of a man of undivided mind;  vṛttiḥ —inclination;  svābhāvikī —natural;  tu —in fact;  yā —which;  animittā —without motive;  bhāgavatī —to the Personality of Godhead;  bhaktiḥ —devotional service;  siddheḥ —than salvation;  garīyasī —better.
TRANSLATION
Lord Kapila said: The senses are symbolic representations of the demigods, and their natural inclination is to work under the direction of the Vedic injunctions. As the senses are representatives of the demigods, so the mind is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mind's natural duty is to serve. When that service spirit is engaged in devotional service to the Personality of Godhead, without any motive, that is far better even than salvation.
PURPORT
The senses of the living entity are always engaged in some occupation, either in activities prescribed in the injunctions of the  Vedas  or in material activities. The natural inclination of the senses is to work for something,