Text 108] Sarvabhauma Bhattacadrya Offers Prasada to the Lord 53

PURPORT

The nine types of devotional service are mentioned in Srimad-Bhagavatam
(7.5.23):
sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dasyam
sakhyam atma-nivedanam

iti pumMsarpita visnau

bhaktis cen nava-laksana
kriyeta bhagavaty addha

tan manye ‘dhitam uttamam

These are the activities of hearing, chanting, remembering, serving, worshiping,
praying, obeying, maintaining friendship and surrendering everything. As far as
chanting the holy name of Krsna is concerned, one can be freed from all sinful
reactions by chanting the holy name without committing offenses. !f one chants
offenselessly, he may be saved from all sinful reactions. It is very important in
devotional service to chant the holy name of the Lord without committing
offenses. The nine devotional processes such as sravana and kirtana can all be
attained at once if one simply chants the holy name of the Lord offenselessly.

In this regard, Srila Jiva Gosvami states in his book Bhakti-sandarbha (173):
yadyapi anya bhaktih kalau kartavyd, tada kirtanakhya-bhakti-samyogenaiva. Out
of the nine processes of devotional service, kirtana is very important. Srila Jiva
Gosvami therefore instructs that the other processes, such as arcana, vandana,
dasya and sakhya, should be executed, but they must be preceded and
followed by kirtana, the chanting of the holy name. We have therefore in-
troduced this system in all of our centers. Arcana, drati, bhoga offering, Deity
dressing and decoration are all preceded and followed by the chanting of the holy
name of the Lord—Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,
Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare.

TEXT 108
Wesl-A"aepgi-fafy Meo Al BA |
fereal-—ricef S-DetA Haica Cala See

diksa-purascarya-vidhi apeksa na kare
jihva-sparse 4-candala sabare uddhare

SYNONYMS
diksé—initiation; purascaryd—activities before initiation; vidhi—regulative
principles; apeksa—reliance on; na—not; kare—does; jihva—the tongue;
