30 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 10, Ch. 6
purified. Therefore, in discharging devotional service, sravana-kirtana
(hearing and chanting) is most important. Then, with purified senses,
one begins to render service to the Lord (hrsikena hrsikesa-sevanam).
Bhaktir ucyate: this is called bhakti. When Pitand was somehow or
other, directly or indirectly, induced to render some service to the Lord
by feeding Him with her breast, she was immediately purified, so much
so that when her nasty material body was burnt to ashes, it gave off the
fragrance of aguru, the most agreeably scented herb.
TEXTS 35-36
Ta seTteat waa GTA |
Raraanft aa ae Ta agfaq U4
FH GAs ASAT AAT SOUT TATA |
Tea aaa Fs THAT eATATT TAT AKI
putana loka-bala-ghni
raksasi rudhiraésana
Jighamsayapi haraye
stanam dattvdpa sad-gatim
kim punah sraddhayé bhaktya
krsndya paramatmane
yacchan priyatamam kim nu
raktds tan-mataro yatha
putanad—Pitani, the professional Raksasi; loka-bdla-ghni—who used
to kill human children; raéksasi—the she-demon; rudhira-asana—
simply hankering for blood; jighamsayd—with the desire to kill Krsna
(being envious of Krsna and having been instructed by Karhsa); api—
still; haraye—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; stanam—her
breast; dattvd—after offering; dpa—obtained; sat-gatim—the most ele-
vated position of spiritual existence; kim—what to speak of; punah—
again; sraddhaya—with faith; bhaktya—by devotion; krsnaéya—unto
Lord Krsna; paramdtmane—who is the Supreme Person; yacchan—
offering; priya-tamam—the dearmost; kim—something; nu—indeed;
