Bg. 9.14
Devanāgarī
सततं कीर्तयन्तो मां यतन्तश्च दृढव्रता: । नमस्यन्तश्च मां भक्त्या नित्ययुक्ता उपासते ॥ १४ ॥
Synonyms
satatam—always;kīrtayantaḥ—chanting;mām—about Me;yatantaḥ—fully endeavoring;ca—also;dṛḍha-vratāḥ—with determination;namasyantaḥ—offering obeisances;ca—and;mām—Me;bhaktyā—in devotion;nitya-yuktāḥ—perpetually engaged;upāsate—worship.
Translation
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.
Purport
Always chanting My glories, endeavoring with great determination, bowing down before Me, these great souls perpetually worship Me with devotion.
Themahātmācannot be manufactured by rubber-stamping an ordinary man. His symptoms are described here: amahātmāis always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. He has no other business. He is always engaged in the glorification of the Lord. In other words, he is not an impersonalist. When the question of glorification is there, one has to glorify the Supreme Lord, praising His holy name, His eternal form, His transcendental qualities and His uncommon pastimes. One has to glorify all these things; therefore amahātmāis attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Themahātmācannot be manufactured by rubber-stamping an ordinary man. His symptoms are described here: amahātmāis always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. He has no other business. He is always engaged in the glorification of the Lord. In other words, he is not an impersonalist. When the question of glorification is there, one has to glorify the Supreme Lord, praising His holy name, His eternal form, His transcendental qualities and His uncommon pastimes. One has to glorify all these things; therefore amahātmāis attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
One who is attached to the impersonal feature of the Supreme Lord, thebrahma-jyotir,is not described asmahātmāin theBhagavad-gītā.He is described in a different way in the next verse. Themahātmāis always engaged in different activities of devotional service, as described in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam,hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu, not a demigod or human being. That is devotion:śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥandsmaraṇam,remembering Him. Such amahātmāhas firm determination to achieve at the ultimate end the association of the Supreme Lord in any one of the five transcendentalrasas.To achieve that success, he engages all activities – mental, bodily and vocal, everything – in the service of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. That is called full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
One who is attached to the impersonal feature of the Supreme Lord, thebrahma-jyotir,is not described asmahātmāin theBhagavad-gītā.He is described in a different way in the next verse. Themahātmāis always engaged in different activities of devotional service, as described in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam,hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu, not a demigod or human being. That is devotion:śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥandsmaraṇam,remembering Him. Such amahātmāhas firm determination to achieve at the ultimate end the association of the Supreme Lord in any one of the five transcendentalrasas.To achieve that success, he engages all activities – mental, bodily and vocal, everything – in the service of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. That is called full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
In devotional service there are certain activities which are called determined, such as fasting on certain days, like the eleventh day of the moon, Ekādaśī, and on the appearance day of the Lord. All these rules and regulations are offered by the greatācāryasfor those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental world. Themahātmās,great souls, strictly observe all these rules and regulations, and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result.
In devotional service there are certain activities which are called determined, such as fasting on certain days, like the eleventh day of the moon, Ekādaśī, and on the appearance day of the Lord. All these rules and regulations are offered by the greatācāryasfor those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental world. Themahātmās,great souls, strictly observe all these rules and regulations, and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result.
As described in the second verse of this chapter, not only is this devotional service easy, but it can be performed in a happy mood. One does not need to undergo any severe penance and austerity. He can live this life in devotional service, guided by an expert spiritual master, and in any position, either as a householder or asannyāsīor abrahmacārī;in any position and anywhere in the world, he can perform this devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become actuallymahātmā,a great soul.
As described in the second verse of this chapter, not only is this devotional service easy, but it can be performed in a happy mood. One does not need to undergo any severe penance and austerity. He can live this life in devotional service, guided by an expert spiritual master, and in any position, either as a householder or asannyāsīor abrahmacārī;in any position and anywhere in the world, he can perform this devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become actuallymahātmā,a great soul.
Themahātmācannot be manufactured by rubber-stamping an ordinary man. His symptoms are described here: amahātmāis always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. He has no other business. He is always engaged in the glorification of the Lord. In other words, he is not an impersonalist. When the question of glorification is there, one has to glorify the Supreme Lord, praising His holy name, His eternal form, His transcendental qualities and His uncommon pastimes. One has to glorify all these things; therefore amahātmāis attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
Themahātmācannot be manufactured by rubber-stamping an ordinary man. His symptoms are described here: amahātmāis always engaged in chanting the glories of the Supreme Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead. He has no other business. He is always engaged in the glorification of the Lord. In other words, he is not an impersonalist. When the question of glorification is there, one has to glorify the Supreme Lord, praising His holy name, His eternal form, His transcendental qualities and His uncommon pastimes. One has to glorify all these things; therefore amahātmāis attached to the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
One who is attached to the impersonal feature of the Supreme Lord, thebrahma-jyotir,is not described asmahātmāin theBhagavad-gītā.He is described in a different way in the next verse. Themahātmāis always engaged in different activities of devotional service, as described in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam,hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu, not a demigod or human being. That is devotion:śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥandsmaraṇam,remembering Him. Such amahātmāhas firm determination to achieve at the ultimate end the association of the Supreme Lord in any one of the five transcendentalrasas.To achieve that success, he engages all activities – mental, bodily and vocal, everything – in the service of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. That is called full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
One who is attached to the impersonal feature of the Supreme Lord, thebrahma-jyotir,is not described asmahātmāin theBhagavad-gītā.He is described in a different way in the next verse. Themahātmāis always engaged in different activities of devotional service, as described in theŚrīmad-Bhāgavatam,hearing and chanting about Viṣṇu, not a demigod or human being. That is devotion:śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥandsmaraṇam,remembering Him. Such amahātmāhas firm determination to achieve at the ultimate end the association of the Supreme Lord in any one of the five transcendentalrasas.To achieve that success, he engages all activities – mental, bodily and vocal, everything – in the service of the Supreme Lord, Śrī Kṛṣṇa. That is called full Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
In devotional service there are certain activities which are called determined, such as fasting on certain days, like the eleventh day of the moon, Ekādaśī, and on the appearance day of the Lord. All these rules and regulations are offered by the greatācāryasfor those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental world. Themahātmās,great souls, strictly observe all these rules and regulations, and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result.
In devotional service there are certain activities which are called determined, such as fasting on certain days, like the eleventh day of the moon, Ekādaśī, and on the appearance day of the Lord. All these rules and regulations are offered by the greatācāryasfor those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental world. Themahātmās,great souls, strictly observe all these rules and regulations, and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result.
As described in the second verse of this chapter, not only is this devotional service easy, but it can be performed in a happy mood. One does not need to undergo any severe penance and austerity. He can live this life in devotional service, guided by an expert spiritual master, and in any position, either as a householder or asannyāsīor abrahmacārī;in any position and anywhere in the world, he can perform this devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become actuallymahātmā,a great soul.
As described in the second verse of this chapter, not only is this devotional service easy, but it can be performed in a happy mood. One does not need to undergo any severe penance and austerity. He can live this life in devotional service, guided by an expert spiritual master, and in any position, either as a householder or asannyāsīor abrahmacārī;in any position and anywhere in the world, he can perform this devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become actuallymahātmā,a great soul.