Text 261] Lord Caitanya’s Travels to the Holy Places 51

canam—worshiping the Deity of Lord Krsna, Lord Ramacandra, Laksmi-Narayana
or the other forms of Visnu; vandanam—offering prayers to the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; dasyam—always thinking oneself an eternal servant of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; sakhyam—making friends with the Supreme
Personality of Godhead; dtma-nivedanam—dedicating everything (body, mind
and soul) for the service of the Lord; iti—thus; purnsé—by the human being; ar-
pita—dedicated; visnau—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Visnu;
bhaktih—devotional service; cet—if; nava-laksana—possessing nine different
systems, as above mentioned; kriyeta—one should execute; bhagavati—unto the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; addha—directly (not indirectly through karma,
jfidna or yoga); tat—that; manye—I understand; adhitam—studied; uttamam—
first class.

TRANSLATION

“‘This process entails hearing, chanting and remembering the holy name,
form, pastimes, qualities and entourage of the Lord, offering service accord-
ing to the time, place and performer, worshiping the Deity, offering prayers,
always considering oneself the eternal servant of Krsna, making friends with
Him and dedicating everything unto Him. These nine items of devotional ser-
vice, when directly offered to Krsna, constitute the highest attainment of life.
This is the verdict of revealed scriptures.’

PURPORT

Sr Caitanya Mahaprabhu quoted these verses from Srimad-Bhagavatam
(7.5.23-24).
TEXT 261

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$ravana-kirtana ha-ite krsne haya ‘prema’
sei paficama purusartha— purusarthera sima

SYNONYMS

sravana-kirtana—hearing and chanting; ha-ite—from; krsme—unto Lord Krsna;
haya—there is; premaé—transcendental love; sei—that; paficama purusa-artha—
the fifth platform of perfection of life; purusa-arthera simaé—the limit of goals of
life.

TRANSLATION

“When one comes to the platform of loving service to Lord Krsna by exe-
cuting these nine processes, he has attained the fifth platform of success and
the limit of life’s goals.
