CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

Explanation of Devotional Service
by Lord Kapila

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TTETT ETT
wal meetat vod: sere a
Bat aeTasatet Hr Tea HT te UI

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devahitir uvaca
laksanam mahad-adinam
prakrteh purusasya ca
svariipam laksyate ’misam
yena tat-paramarthikam

yatha sankhyesu kathitam
yan-milam tat pracaksate

bhakti-yogasya me margarh
brithi vistarasah prabho

devahiitih uvaca—Devahiti said; laksanam—symptoms; mahat-adinam—
of the mahat-tattva and so on; prakrteh—of material nature; purusasya—
of the spirit; ca—and; sva-ripam—the nature; laksyate—is described;amisim
—of those; yena—by which; tat-parama-arthikam—the true nature of them;
yatha—as; sankhyesu—in sankhya philosophy; kathitam—is explained;
yat—of which; milam—ultimate end; tat—that; pracaksate—they call;
bhakti-yogasya—of devotional service; me—to me; margam—the path;
brithi—please explain; vistarasah—at length; prabho—my dear Lord Kapila.

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