Text 17] Divinity and Divine Service 107
us against unscrupulous men who take pleasure in being addressed as God.
The servants of God come to propagate God consciousness, and intel-
ligent people should cooperate with them in every respect. By serving the
servant of God, one can please God more than by directly serving the
Lord. The Lord is more pleased when He sees that His servants are properly
respected because such servants risk everything for the service of the Lord
and so are very dear to the Lord. The Lord declares in the Bhagavad-gita
(Bg. 18.69) that no one is dearer to Him than one who risks everything to
preach His glory. By serving the servants of the Lord, one gradually gets
the quality of such servants, and thus one becomes qualified to hear the
glories of God. The eagerness to hear about God is the first qualification
of a devotee for entering the kingdom of God.
TEXT 17
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$rnvatam sva-kathah krsnah
punya-sravana-kirtanah
hrdy antah-stho hy abhadrani
vidhunoti su-hrt-satam
Smvatam—those who have developed the urge to hear the message of;
sva-kathah—His own words; krgsnah—the Personality of Godhead; punya—
virtues; sravana— hearing; kirtanah—chanting; hrdi antah-sthah—within one’s
heart; hi—certainly; abhadrani—desire to enjoy matter; vidhunoti—cleanses;
su-hrt—benefactor; satam—of the truthful.
TRANSLATION
Sri Krsna, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramatma [Super-
soul] in everyone’s heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee,
cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who
relishes His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly
heard and chanted.
PURPORT
Messages of the Personality of Godhead Sri Krsna are nondifferent
from Him. Whenever, therefore, offenseless hearing of God is undertaken,
