Text 32] The Glories of Devotional Service 1039

TEXT 32

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Sri bhagavan uvaca
devanam guna-linganam
dnusravika-karmanam
sattva evaika-manaso
vrttih svudbhaviki tu ya
animittd bhagavati
bhaktih siddher gariyasi

Sri bhagavan uvdca—the Supreme Personality of Godhead said; devdnam
—of the senses or of the presiding deities of the senses; guna-linganam—
which detect sense-objects; anusravika—accor ding to scripture; karmanam—
which work; sattve—unto the mind or unto the Lord; eva—only; eka-
manasah—of a man of undivided mind; vrttih—inclination; svabhaviki—
natural; tu—in fact; yé—which; animitta@—without motive; bhagavati—to
the Personality of Godhead; bhaktih—devotional service; siddheh—than
salvation; gariyasi—better.

TRANSLATION

Lord Kapila said: The senses are symbolic representations of the
demigods, and their natural inclination is to work under the direction of
the Vedic injunctions. As the senses are representatives of the demigods, so
the mind is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The
mind’s natural duty is to serve. When that service spirit is engaged in devo-
tional service to the Personality of Godhead, without any motive, that is
far better even than salvation.

PURPORT

The senses of the living entity are always engaged in some occupation,
either in activities prescribed in the injunctions of the Vedas or in material
activities. The natural inclination of the senses is to work for something,
