Text 68] Chanting the Song Sung by Lord Siva 1117
sequently engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. Sifmilarly, all the
Manus who appear and disappear during the day of Brahma are also
engaged in the Lord’s devotional service. In Brahma’s one day, fourteen
Manus appear and disappear. The first Manu is Svayambhuva Manu. Each
Manu lives for seventy-one yugas, each consisting of some 4,320,000 years.
Although the Manus have such a long life span, they still prepare for the
next life by engaging in the devotional service of the Lord. In this age
human beings only live for sixty or eighty years, and even this small life
span is gradually decreasing. Therefore it is even more imperative for
human beings to take to the worship of the lotus feet of the Lord by
constantly chanting the Hare Krsna mantra, as recommended by Lord
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

trnad api sunicena taror iva sahisnuna

amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih

When one is engaged in devotional service, he is often surrounded by
envious people, and often many enemies come to try to defeat him or stop
him. This is not new in this present age, for even in the days of yore
Prahlada Maharaja, who was engaged in the devotional service of the Lord,
was harassed by his demonic father, Hiranyakasipu. The atheists are always
prepared to harass a devotee; therefore Caitanya Mahaprabhu suggested
that one be very tolerant of these people. Nonetheless, one has to continue
chanting the Hare Krsna mantra and preaching the chanting of this mantra
because such preaching and chanting constitute the perfection of life. One
should chant and preach about the urgency of making this life perfect in
all respects. One should thus engage in the devotional service of the Lord
and follow in the footsteps of previous acaryas, beginning with Lord
Brahma and others.
TEXT 68
my Tas at rey TATE farafATy |
fad exraererpaiage af: 11&< I
atha tvam asi no brahman
paramatman vipascitam
visvam rudra-bhaya-dhvastam
akutascid-bhaya gatih
atha—therefore; tuam—my Lord, Y ourself;asi—are; nah—our; brahman—

O Supreme Brahman; paramatman—O Supersoul; vipascitam—for the
learned wise men; visvam—the whole universe; rudra-bhaya—being afraid
