Text 25] The Sacrifice Performed by Daksa 233
is increased by the service spirit. Sevonmukhe hi jihvadau means that the
service of the Lord begins with the tongue. This refers to chanting. By
chanting Hare Krsna, one begins the service of the Lord. Another function
of the tongue is to taste and accept the Lord’s prasadam. We have to begin
our service to the Unlimited with the tongue and become perfect in chant-
ing and accepting the Lord’s prasadam. To accept the Lord’s prasadam
means to control the entire set of senses. The tongue is considered to be
the most uncontrollable sense because it hankers for so many unwholesome
eatables, thereby forcing the living entity into the dungeon of material
conditional life. As the living entity transmigrates from one form of life
to another, he has to eat so many abominable foodstuffs that finally
there is no limit. The tongue should be engaged in chanting and in
eating the Lord’s prasddam so that the other senses will be controlled.
Chanting is the medicine, and prasadam is the diet. With these processes
one can begin his service, and as the service increases, the Lord reveals
more and more to the devotee. But there is no limit to His glories, and
there is no limit to engaging oneself in the service of the Lord.
TEXT 25
wat TelaTe ETE
war fag wT Teq |
Graaaaed =a
TH AT ATA: PATHS AUR
dakso grhitarhana-sadanottamam
yajiesvaram visvasrjam param gurum
sunanda-nandady-anugair vrtam muda
grnan prapede prayatah krtanjalih
daksah—Daksga;grhita—accepted; arhana—rightful; sadana-uttamam-—sacti-

ficial vessel; yajiesvaram—unto the master of all sacrifices; visvasrjam—of
all the prajapatis; param—the supreme; gurum—precep tor; sunanda-nanda-
adi-anugaih—by associates like Sunanda, Nanda, etc.; vrtam—surrounded;
muda—with great pleasure; grnan—offering respectful prayers; prapede—
took shelter; prayatah—having a subdued mind; krta-afijalih—with folded
hands.
