Text 22] Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart 159
TEXT 22
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Feo Preaite ferdteaet & |
ear aTgARaT aTaT NRRN
barhayite te nayane naranam
lingani visnor na niriksato ye
padau nrnam tau druma-janma-bhajau
ksetrani ndnuvrajato harer yau
barhayite—like plumes of a peacock; te—those; nayane—eyes; naranam—
of men; lingani—forms; visnoh—of the Personality of Godhead; na—does
not; niriksatah—look on; ye—all such; padau—legs; nrnam—of men; tau—
those; druma-janma—being born of the tree; bhajau—like that, ksetrani—
holy places; na—never; anuvrajatah—goes after; hareh—of the Lord; yau—
which.
TRANSLATION
The eyes which do not look at the symbolic representations of the
Personality of Godhead Visnu [His forms, name, quality, etc.] are like
those printed on the plumes of the peacock, and the legs which do not
move to the holy places [where the Lord is remembered | are considered
to be like tree trunks.
PURPORT
Especially for the householder-devotees, the path of Deity worship is
strongly recommended. As far as possible, every householder, by the
direction of the spiritual master, must install the Deity of Visnu, forms
like Radha-Krsna, Laksmi-Narayana or Sita-Rama especially, or any other
form of the Lord, like Nrsimha, Varaha, Gaura-Nitai, Matsya, Kiirma,
Salagrama-sila and many other forms of Visnu, like Trivikrama, KeSava,
Acyuta, Vasudeva, Narayana, Damodara, etc., as they are recommended
in the Vaisnava Tantras or Puranas, and one’s family should worship strictly
following the directions and regulations of arcand-vidhi. Any member
