Text 50] Prahlada Pacifies the Lord with Prayers 271

samsevaya tvayi vineti sad-arigaya kim
bhakti janah paramaharsa-gatau labheta

tat—therefore; te—unto You; arhat-tama—O supreme of all
worshipable persons; namah—respectful obeisances;  stuti-karma-
pajah—worshiping Your Lordship by offering prayers and other devo-
tional activities; karma—activities being dedicated to You; smrtih—con-
stant remembrance; caranayoh—of Your lotus feet; sravanam—always
hearing; kathayam—in topics (about You); sarnsevaya—such devotional
service; tvayi—unto You; vind—without; iti—thus; sat-arigaya —hav-
ing six different parts; kim—how; bhaktim—devotional service;
Janah—a__— person; ~ =paramahamsa-gatau—obtainable by _ the
paramahamsa; labheta—may attain.

TRANSLATION

Therefore, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all
persons to whom prayers are offered, I offer my respectful obei-
sances unto You because without rendering six kinds of devotional
service unto You—offering prayers, dedicating all the results of
activities, worshiping You, working on Your behalf, always
remembering Your lotus feet and hearing about Your glories—
who can achieve that which is meant for the paramaharnsas?

PURPORT

The Vedas enjoin: néyam atma pravacanena labhyo na medhaya na
bahuna Srutena. One cannot understand the Supreme Personality of
Godhead simply by studying the Vedas and offering prayers. Only by the
grace of the Supreme Lord can one understand Him. The process of
understanding the Lord, therefore, is bhakti. Without bhakti, simply
following the Vedic injunctions to understand the Absolute Truth will
not be helpful at all. The process of bhakti is understood by the
paramahamsa, one who has accepted the essence of everything. The
results of bhakti are reserved for such a paramahamsa, and this stage
cannot be obtained by any Vedic process other than devotional service.
Other processes, such as jfidna and yoga, can be successful only when
mixed with bhakti. When we speak of jfdna-yoga, karma-yoga and
