Text 25] Conversation Between Narada and Vyasa 301
PURPORT
Devotional service rendered to the Personality of Godhead never goes in
vain. Since the Personality of Godhead is eternal, intelligence applied in
His service or anything done in His relation is also permanent. In the
Bhagavad-gita it is said that such transcendental service rendered unto the
Personality of Godhead accumulates birth after birth, and when the
devotee is fully matured, the total service counted together makes him
eligible to enter into the association of the Personality of Godhead. Such
accumulation of God’s service is never vanquished, but increases till fully
matured.
TEXT 25
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wo oaifaxafesite |
we A TA Net waa
arate Aesgativa: 124
‘etavad uktvopararama tan-mahad
bhittam nabho-lingam alingam isvaram
aham ca tasmai mahatam mahiyase
Sirsndvanadmam vidadhe’nukampitah
etavat—thus; uktvd—spoken; upararama—stopped; tat—that; mahat—
great; bhutam—wonderful; nabhah-lingam—personified by sound; alingam—
unseen by the eyes; isvaram—the supreme authority; aham—I; ca—also;
tasmai—unto Him; mahatam—the great; mahtyase—unto the glorified;
sirsnad—by the head; avandmam-—obeisances; vidadhe—executed; anu-
kampitah—being favored by Him.
TRANSLATION
Then that supreme authority, personified by sound and unseen by
eyes, but most wonderful, stopped speaking. Feeling a sense of gratitude,
I offered my obeisances unto Him, bowing my head.
PURPORT
That the Personality of Godhead was not seen but only heard does not
make any difference. The Personality of Godhead produced the four Vedas
