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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 9]
duṣṭa mana! tumi kisera vaiṣṇava? pratiṣṭhāra tare, nirjanera ghare, tava harināma kevala kaitava
There are many who like to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  in a silent, solitary place, but if one is not interested in preaching, talking constantly to the nondevotees, the influence of the modes of nature is very difficult to surpass. Therefore unless one is extremely advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one should not imitate Haridāsa Thākura, who had no other business than chanting the holy name always, twenty-four hours a day. Prahlāda Mahārāja does not condemn such a process; he accepts it, but without active service to the Lord, simply by such methods one generally cannot attain liberation. One cannot attain liberation simply by false pride.
TEXT 47
रूपे इमे सदसती तव वेदसृष्टे
बीजाङ्कुराविव न चान्यदरूपकस्य ।
युक्ताः समक्षमुमयत्र विचक्षन्ते त्वां
योगेन वह्निमिव दारुषु नान्यतः स्यात् ॥४७॥
rūpe ime sad-asatī tava veda-sṛṣṭe
bījānikurāv iva na cānyad arūpakasya
yuktāḥ samakṣam ubhayatra vicakṣante tvām
yogena vahnim iva dāruṣu nānyataḥ syāt
rūpe —in the forms;  ime —these two;  sat-asatī —the cause and the effect;  tava —Your;  veda-sṛṣṭe —explained in the  Vedas ;  bīja-anikurau —the seed and the sprout;  iva —like;  na —never;  ca —also;  anyat —any other;  arūpakasya —of You, who possess no material form;  yuktāḥ —those engaged in Your devotional service;  samakṣam —before the very eyes;  ubhayatra —in both ways (spiritually and materially);  vicakṣante —can actually see;  tvām —You;  yogena —simply by the method of devotional service;  vahnim —fire;  iva —like;  dāruṣu —in wood;  na —not;  anyataḥ —from any other means;  syāt —it is possible.