Text 25]
The Sacrifice Performed by Dakṣa
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is increased by the service spirit.  Sevonmukhe hi jihvādau  means that the service of the Lord begins with the tongue. This refers to chanting. By chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, one begins the service of the Lord. Another function of the tongue is to taste and accept the Lord's  prasādam . We have to begin our service to the Unlimited with the tongue and become perfect in chanting and accepting the Lord's  prasādam . To accept the Lord's  prasādam  means to control the entire set of senses. The tongue is considered to be the most uncontrollable sense because it hankers for so many unwholesome eatables, thereby forcing the living entity into the dungeon of material conditional life. As the living entity transmigrates from one form of life to another, he has to eat so many abominable foodstuffs that finally there is no limit. The tongue should be engaged in chanting and in eating the Lord's  prasādam  so that the other senses will be controlled. Chanting is the medicine, and  prasādam  is the diet. With these processes one can begin his service, and as the service increases, the Lord reveals more and more to the devotee. But there is no limit to His glories, and there is no limit to engaging oneself in the service of the Lord.
TEXT 25
दक्षो गृहीतार्हणसादनोत्तमं 
यज्ञेश्वरं विश्वसृजां परं गुरुम् । 
सुनन्दनन्दाद्यनुगैर्वृतं मुदा 
गुणन् प्रपेदे प्रयतः कृताञ्जलिः॥२५॥
dakṣo gṛhītārhaṇa-sādanottamam 
yajñeśvaram viśvasṛjām param gurum 
sunanda-nandādy-anugair vṛtam mudā 
gṛṇan prapede prayataḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
dakṣaḥ—Dakṣa; gṛhīta—accepted; arhaṇa—rightful; sādana-uttamam—sacrificial vessel; yajñeśvaram—unto the master of all sacrifices; viśvasṛjām—of all the prajāpatis; param—the supreme; gurum—preceptor; sunanda-nanda-ādi-anugaiḥ—by associates like Sunanda, Nanda, etc.; vṛtam—surrounded; mudā—with great pleasure; gṛṇan—offering respectful prayers; prapede—took shelter; prayataḥ—having a subdued mind; kṛta-añjaliḥ—with folded hands.