Text 44] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1079

impersonalist, pure egotism is aham brahmasmi—‘“‘I am not this body; | am
spirit soul.” But in its actual position, the spirit soul has devotional activi-
ties to perform. Therefore Lord Siva prays to be engaged both in mind
and in action in the devotional service of the Supreme Lord according to
the direction of the Vedas. This is the process for purifying false egotism..
Cetah means knowledge. Without perfect knowledge, one cannot act per-
fectly. The real source of knowledge is the vacah, or sound vibration, given
by Vedic instructions. Here the word vacah, or vibration, means the Vedic
vibration. The origin of creation is sound vibration, and if the sound
vibration is clear and purified, perfect knowledge and perfect activities
actually become manifest. This is enacted by the chanting of the
maha-mantra Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna, Krsna Krsna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama,
Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare. Thus Lord Siva is praying again and
again for the purification of body, mind and activities through the purifi-
cation of knowledge and action under the pure directions of the Vedas.
Lord Siva prays to the Supreme Personality of Godhead so that his mind,
senses and words will all turn toward devotional activities only.

TEXT 44

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darsanam no didrksunam
dehi bhagavatarcitam
rupam priyatamam svanam
sarvendriya-gunafijanam
darsanam—vision; nah—our; didrksiinam—desirous to see; dehi—kindly
exhibit; bhdagavata—of the devotees; arcitam—as worshiped by them;
ripam—form; priyatamam—dearmost; svanadm—of Your devotees; sarva-
indriya—all the senses; guna—qualities; afijanam—very much pleasing.

TRANSLATION

My dear Lord, I wish to see You exactly in the form that Your very
dear devotees worship. You have many other forms, but I wish to see Your
form that is especially liked by the devotees. Please be merciful upon me
and show me that form, for only that form worshiped by the devotees can
perfectly satisfy all the demands of the senses.

PURPORT

In the sruti, or Veda-mantra, it is said that the Supreme Absolute Truth
is sarva-kamah sarva-gandhah sarva-rasah, or, in other words, He is known
