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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa- sevanaṁ bhaktir ucyate
This is the conclusion of  bhakti . All the time, Lord Rṣabhadeva has been stressing devotional service, and now He is concluding by saying that all the senses should be engaged in the Lord's service. There are five senses by which we gather knowledge and five senses with which we work. These ten senses and the mind should be fully engaged in the Lord's service. Without engaging them in this way, one cannot get out of the clutches of  māyā .
TEXT 28
श्रीशुक उवाच
एवमनुशास्यात्मजान् स्वयमनुशिष्टानपि लोकानुशासनार्थं महानुभावः परमसुहृद्भगवानृषभापदेश उपशमशीलानामुपरतकर्मणां महामुनीनां भक्तिज्ञान- वैराग्यलक्षणं पारमहंस्यधर्मबुपशिक्षमाणः स्वतनयशतज्येष्ठं परमभागवतं भगवज्जनपरायणं भरतं धरणिपालनायामिषिन्य स्वयं भवन एवोर्वरित- शरीरमात्रपरिग्रह उन्मत्त इव गगनपरिधानः प्रकीर्णकेश आत्मन्या- रोपिताहवनीयो ब्रह्मात्रतीत्प्रवत्राज॥२८॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
evam anuśāsyātmajān svayam anuśiṣṭān api lokānuśāsanārtham mahānubhāvaḥ parama-suhṛd bhagavān ṛṣabhāpadeśa upaśama- śīlānām uparata-karmaṇāṁ mahā-munīnāṁ bhakti-jñāna-vairāgya- lakṣaṇaṁ pāramahaṁsya-dharmam upaśikṣamāṇaḥ sva-tanaya-śata- jyeṣṭhaṁ parama-bhāgavataṁ bhagavaj-jana-parāyaṇaṁ bharataṁ dharaṇi-pālanāyābhiṣicya svayaṁ bhavana evorvarita-śarīra-mātra- parigraha unmatta iva gagana-paridhānaḥ prakīrṇa-keśa ātmany āropitāhavanīyo brahmāvartāt pravavrāja.
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  evam —in this way;  anuśāsya —after instructing;  ātma-jān —His sons;  svayam —personally;  anuśiṣṭān —highly educated in culture;  api —although;  loka-anuśāsana-   artham —just to instruct the people;  mahā-anubhāvaḥ —the great per-