302 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 1, Ch. 6
by His breathing, and He is seen and realized through the transcendental
sound of the Vedas. Similarly, the Bhagavad-gita is the sound representa-
tion of the Lord, and there is no difference in identity. The conclusion is
that the Lord can be seen and heard by persistently chanting the transcen-
dental sound.
TEXT 26
THATS BAT Wz
gata agit Satta a Ae |
wt TaeeqeNaT «Tate:
wre setae faraet fracat: REI
namany anantasya hata-trapah pathan
guhyani bhadrani krtani ca smaran
gam paryatams tustamand gata-sprhah
kalam pratiksan vimado vimatsarah
namani—the holy name, fame, etc.; anantasya—of the unlimited; hata-
trapah—being freed from all formalities of the material world; pathan—by
recitation, repeated reading, etc.; guhyani— mysterious; bhadrani—all bene-
dictory ; krtani—activities;ca— and;smaran—constantly remembering; gam—
on the earth; paryatan—traveling all through; tustamanah—fully satisfied;
gata-sprhah—completely freed from all material desires; kalam— time;
pratiksan—awaiting; vimadah—without being proud; vimatsarah— without
being envious.
TRANSLATION
Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by
repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such
chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are
benedictory. So doing, I travelled all over the earth, fully satisfied, humble
and unenvious.
PURPORT
The life of a sincere devotee of the Lord is thus explained in a nutshell
by Narada Muni by his personal example. Such a devotee, after his initia-
tion by the Lord or His bona fide representative, takes very seriously
