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cludes His parts and parcels also. He saw, therefore, His different energies,
namely the internal energy, the marginal energy and the external energy.
He saw also His different plenary portions and parts of the plenary por-
tions, namely His different incarnations also, and he specifically observed
the unwanted miseries of the conditioned souls who are bewildered by the
external energy. And at last he saw the remedial measure for the condi-
tioned souls, namely, the process of devotional service. It is a great
transcendental science and begins with the process of hearing and chanting
the name, fame, glory, etc., of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Re-
vival of the dormant affection or love of Godhead does not depend on the
mechanical system of hearing and chanting, but it solely and wholly
depends on the causeless mercy of the Lord. When the Lord is fully
satisfied with the sincere efforts of the devotee, He may endow him with
His loving transcendental service. But even with the prescribed forms of
hearing and chanting, there is at once mitigation of the superfluous and
unwanted miseries of material existence. Such mitigation of material affec-
tion does not wait for development of transcendental knowledge. Rather,
knowledge is dependent on devotional service for ultimate realization of
the Supreme Truth.

TEXT 7

Tet + RMT SA WATT |
aimed Fa: AAAI I oll

yasyam vai sriyamanayam
krsne parama-pitruse

bhaktir utpadyate pumsah
$oka-moha-bhayapaha

yasyam—this Vedic literature; vui—certainly ; §ruyamanayam—simply by
giving aural reception; kysne—unto Lord Krsna; parama—supreme; piiruse—
unto the Personality of Godhead; bhaktih—feelings of devotional service;
utpadyate—sprout up; purmsah—of the living being; soka—lamentation;
moha—illusion; bhaya—fearfulness; apaha—that which extinguishes.

TRANSLATION

Simply by hearing this Vedic literature, the feeling for loving devo-
tional service to Lord Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, sprouts
up at once to extinguish the fire of lamentation, illusion and fearfulness.
