86 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 7, Ch. 7
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nisamya karmani gunan atulyan
viryani lila-tanubhih krtani
yadatiharsotpulakasru-gadgadam
protkantha udgdyati rauti nrtyati
nisamya—hearing; karmdani—transcendental activities; gundn—
spiritual qualities; atwlya4n—uncommon (not generally visible in an
ordinary person); virydni—very powerful; lila-tanubhih—by different
pastime forms; krtani—performed; yadd—when; atiharsa—because of
great jubilation; utpulaka—horripilation; asru—tears in the eyes;
gadgadam—faltering voice; protkanthah—with an open voice;
udgayati—chants very loudly; rauti—cries; nrtyati—dances.
TRANSLATION
One who is situated in devotional service is certainly the con-
troller of his senses, and thus he is a liberated person. When such a
liberated person, the pure devotee, hears of the transcendental
qualities and activities of the Lord’s incarnations for the perfor-
mance of various pastimes, his hair stands on end on his body,
tears fall from his eyes, and in his spiritual realization his voice
falters. Sometimes he very openly dances, sometimes he sings
loudly, and sometimes he cries. Thus he expresses his transcen-
dental jubilation.
PURPORT
The Lord’s activities are uncommon. For example, when He appeared
as Lord Ramacandra, He performed uncommon activities like bridging
the ocean. Similarly, when Lord Krsna appeared He raised the
Govardhana Hill when He was only seven years of age. These are uncom-
mon activities. Fools and rascals, who are not in the transcendental posi-
tion, consider these uncommon activities of the Lord to be mythological,
but when the pure devotee, the liberated person, hears about these un-
common activities of the Lord, he immediately becomes ecstatic and ex-
hibits the symptoms of chanting, dancing, and crying very loudly and
jubilantly. This is the difference between a devotee and a nondevotee.
