Text 68]
Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Śiva
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sequently engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. Similarly, all the Manus who appear and disappear during the day of Brahmā are also engaged in the Lord's devotional service. In Brahmā's one day, fourteen Manus appear and disappear. The first Manu is Śvāyambhuva Manu. Each Manu lives for seventy-one  yugas , each consisting of some 4,320,000 years. Although the Manus have such a long life span, they still prepare for the next life by engaging in the devotional service of the Lord. In this age human beings only live for sixty or eighty years, and even this small life span is gradually decreasing. Therefore it is even more imperative for human beings to take to the worship of the lotus feet of the Lord by constantly chanting the Hare  Kṛṣṇa mantra , as recommended by Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
tṛṇād api sunīcena taror iva sahiṣṇunā amāninā mānadena kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ
When one is engaged in devotional service, he is often surrounded by envious people, and often many enemies come to try to defeat him or stop him. This is not new in this present age, for even in the days of yore Prahlāda Mahārāja, who was engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, was harassed by his demonic father, Hiraṇyakaśīpu. The atheists are always prepared to harass a devotee; therefore Caitanya Mahāprabhu suggested that one be very tolerant of these people. Nonetheless, one has to continue chanting the Hare  Kṛṣṇa mantra  and preaching the chanting of this  mantra  because such preaching and chanting constitute the perfection of life. One should chant and preach about the urgency of making this life perfect in all respects. One should thus engage in the devotional service of the Lord and follow in the footsteps of previous  ācāryas , beginning with Lord Brahmā and others.
TEXT 68
अथ त्वमसि नो ब्रह्मन् परमात्मन् विपश्चिताम् । विश्वं रुद्रमयञ्चस्तमकुतश्चिद्भया गतिः ॥६८॥
atha tvam asi no brahman paramātman vipaścitām viśvam rudra-bhaya-dhvastam akutaścid-bhayā gatiḥ
atha—therefore; tvam—my Lord, Yourself; asi—are; naḥ—our; brahman—  O Supreme Brahman;  paramātman— O Supersoul;  vipaścitām— for the learned wise men;  viśvam— the whole universe;  rudra-bhaya— being afraid