Text 49] Description of the Kingdom of God 631
is acceptable for everyone, especially in this age. One should engage him-
self in hearing from pure devotees about the activities of the Lord. That is
considered the supreme benediction for mankind,
TEXT 49
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kamam bhavah sva-vyjinair nirayesu nah stac
ceto ‘livad yadi nu te padayo rameta
vacas ca nas tulasivad yadi te ‘ighri-sobhah
puryeta te guna-ganair yadi karna-randhrah

kamam—as much as deserved; bhavah—birth; sva-vrjinaith—by our own
sinful activities; nirayesu—in low births; nah—our; stat—let it be; cetah—
minds; alivat—like bees; yadi—if; nu—may be; te— Your; padayoh—at Your
lotus feet; rameta—are engaged; vacah—words; ca—and; nah—our; tulasivat—
like the tulast leaves; yadi—if; te—Your; anghri—at Your lotus feet; sobhah—
beautified; puryeta—are filled; te—Your; guna-ganaih—by transcendental
qualities; yadi—if; karna-randhrah—the holes of the ears.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, we pray that You let us be born in any hellish condition of life,
just as long as our hearts and minds are always engaged in the service of
Your lotus feet, our words are made beautiful [by speaking of Your
activities] just as tulasi leaves are beautified when offered unto Your lotus
feet, and as long as our ears are always filled with the chanting of Your
transcendental qualities.

PURPORT

The four sages now offer their humility to the Personality of Godhead
because of their having been haughty in cursing two other devotees of the
Lord. Jaya and Vijaya, the two doorkeepers who checked them from enter-
ing the Vaikuntha planet, were certainly offenders, but, as Vaignavas, the
four sages should not have cursed them in anger. After the incident, they
become conscious that they had done wrong by cursing the devotees of
the Lord, and they prayed to the Lord that even in the hellish condition of
