Shloka 38
The Deliverance of Nalakūvara and Maṇigrīva
Yamala-Arjuna Līlā Prelude and Culmination
वाणी गुणानुकथने श्रवणौ कथायां हस्तौ च कर्मसु मनस्तव पादयोर्न: । स्मृत्यां शिरस्तव निवासजगत्प्रणामे दृष्टि: सतां दर्शनेऽस्तु भवत्तनूनाम् ॥ ३८ ॥
vāṇī guṇānukathane śravaṇau kathāyāṁ hastau ca karmasu manas tava pādayor naḥ smṛtyāṁ śiras tava nivāsa-jagat-praṇāme dṛṣṭiḥ satāṁ darśane ’stu bhavat-tanūnām
これより後、私たちの言葉があなたの徳とリーラーを語り、耳があなたの御物語を聴き、手足と諸感官があなたを喜ばせる行いに励み、心が常にあなたの蓮華の御足を念じますように。記憶のうちにあなたが住まわれ、世界のあらゆるものに頭を垂れて礼拝できますように――すべてはあなたのさまざまな御姿ゆえに。さらに、私たちの眼が、あなたと不二なる聖なるヴァイシュナヴァたちの御姿を拝見できますように。
Here the process of understanding the Supreme Personality of Godhead is given. This process is bhakti.
FAQs
This verse teaches sense-engagement in devotion: speak Krishna’s qualities, hear His kathā, serve with the hands, fix the mind on His lotus feet, bow in remembrance, and see saints and the Lord’s divine forms.
After being delivered from their cursed condition as trees by Lord Krishna, they express gratitude and pray for lasting devotion—asking that every faculty of body and mind remain dedicated to Him.
Align daily habits with bhakti: use speech for kirtan and kind truth, listen to Bhagavatam talks, do tangible service, remember Krishna during the day, offer obeisances, and seek the company and darshan of sincere devotees.