Text 38] Narada’s Instructions on Srimad-Bhagavatam 275

The purport is that any transaction, either in the field of fruitive work
or empiric philosophy, which is not ultimately aimed at transcendental
realization of the Supreme Lord, is considered to be useless. Naradaji has
therefore explained the nature of unalloyed devotional service by his
personal experience in the development of intimacy between the Lord and
the living entity by gradual process of progressive devotional activities.
Such a progressive march of transcendental devotion for the Lord cul-
minates in the attainment of loving service of the Lord, which is called
prema in different transcendental variegatedness called rasas (tastes). Such
devotional service is also executed in mixed forms, namely mixed with
fruitive work or empiric philosophical speculations.

Now the question which was raised by the great rsis headed by Saunaka
regarding the confidential part of Sita’s achievement through the spiritual
master is explained herein by chanting this hymn consisting of thirty-
three letters. And this mantra is addressed to the four Deities or the Lord
with His plenary expansions. The central figure is Lord Sri Krsna because
the plenary portions are His aides-de-camp. The most confidential part of
the instruction is that one should always chant and remember the glories
of the Lord Sri Krsna the Supreme Personality of Godhead along with His
different plenary portions expanded as Vasudeva, Sankarsana, Pradyumna
and Aniruddha. These expansions are the original Deities for all other
truths, namely either Visnu-tattva or Sakti-tattvas.

TEXT 38
aft qeifierna weayfenyiaaa |
WI WS A AHA: FAT MIR!
iti mirty-abhidhanena
mantra-mirtim amirtikam
yajate yajfia-purusaim
sa samyag darsanah puman

iti—thus; murti—representation; abhidhanena—in sound; mantra-murtim
—form representation of transcendental sound; amurtikam—the Lord who
has no material form; yajate—worship; yajna— Visnu; purusam—the Person-
ality of Godhead; sah—he alone; samyak—perfectly ; darSanah—one who has
seen; pumdn—person.
