Text 20] Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart 155
TEXT 20
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fis qian 2
aq Id: aye ae
fret oaaitaa aa
A WMATA Ie
bile batorukrama-vikraman ye
na srnvatah karna-pute narasya
jihvasati dardurikeva sitta
na copagayaty urugaya-gathah
bile—snake holes; bata—like; urukrama—the Lord, who acts marvelously ;
vikramdn—prowess; ye—all these; na—never; srnvatah—heard; karna-pute—
the earholes; narasya—of the man, jihvd—tongue; asati—useless; dardurika
—of the frogs; eva—exactly like that; sita—O Sita Gosvami; na—never; ca—
also; upagayati—chants loudly ; urugaya—worth singing; gathah—songs.
TRANSLATION
One who has not listened to the messages about the prowess and
marvelous acts of the Personality of Godhead and has not sung or chanted
loudly the worthy songs about the Lord is to be considered to possess
earholes like that of the snakes and a tongue like that of the frogs.
PURPORT
Devotional service of the Lord is rendered by all limbs or parts of the
body. It is the transcendental dynamic force of the spirit soul; therefore a
devotee is engaged one hundred percent in the service of the Lord. One
can engage in devotional service when the senses of the body are purified
in relation with the Lord, and one can render service to the Lord with the
help of all senses. As such, the senses and the action of the senses are to be
considered as impure or materialistic as long as they are employed in sense
gratification only. The purified senses are engaged not in sense gratification
but in the service of the Lord in toto. The Lord is the Supreme with all
senses, and the servitor who is part and parcel of the Lord also has the
