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Explanation of Devotional Service
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TRANSLATION
The manifestation of unadulterated devotional service is exhibited when one's mind is at once attracted to hearing the transcendental name and quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is residing in everyone's heart. Just as the water of the Ganges flows naturally down towards the ocean, such devotional ecstasy, uninterrupted by any material condition, flows towards the Supreme Lord.
PURPORT
The basic principle of this unadulterated, pure devotional service is love of Godhead.  Mad-guṇa-śruti-mātreṇa  means "just after hearing about the transcendental quality of the Supreme Personality of Godhead." This quality is called  nirguṇa . The Supreme Lord is uncontaminated by the modes of material nature; therefore He is attractive to the pure devotee. There is no need to practice meditation to attain such attraction; the pure devotee is already in the transcendental stage, and the affinity between him and the Supreme Personality of Godhead is natural and is compared to the Ganges water flowing towards the sea. The flow of the Ganges water cannot be stopped by any condition; similarly, a pure devotee's attraction for the transcendental name, form and pastimes of the Supreme Godhead cannot be stopped by any material condition. The word  avicchinnā , "without interruptions," is very important in this connection. No material condition can stop the flow of the devotional service of a pure devotee.
The word  ahaitukī  means "without reason." A pure devotee does not render loving service to the Personality of Godhead for any cause or for any benefit, material or spiritual. This is the first symptom of unalloyed devotion.  Anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam : he has no desire to fulfill by rendering devotional service. Such devotional service is meant for the  puruṣottama , the Supreme Personality, and not for anyone else. Sometimes pseudo-devotees show devotion to many demigods, thinking the forms of the demigods to be the same as the Supreme Personality of Godhead's form. It is specifically mentioned herein, however, that  bhakti , devotional service, is meant only for the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, or Viṣṇu or Kṛṣṇa, not for anyone else.
Avyavahitā  means "without cessation." A pure devotee must engage in the service of the Lord twenty-four hours a day, without cessation; his life is so molded that at every minute and every second he engages in some