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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [leads chanting of verse, etc.] [Prabhupāda and devotees repeat]

ato vai kavayo nityaṁ bhaktiṁ paramayā mudā vāsudeve bhagavati kurvanty ātma-prasādanīm

[SB 1.2.22]

[break] [leads chanting of synonyms]

ataḥ---therefore; vai---certainly; kavayaḥ---all transcendentalists; nityam---from time immemorial; bhaktim---service unto the Lord; paramayā---supreme; mudā---with great delight; vāsudeve---Śrī Kṛṣṇa; bhagavati---the Personality of …

[02:43]

Translation = "Therefore all transcendentalists have been rendering loving service with great delight to Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, …

Prabhupāda: Hmm.

ato vai kavayo nityaṁ bhaktiṁ paramayā mudā vāsudeve bhagavati kurvanty ātma-prasādanīm

[SB 1.2.22]

Bhaktim ātma-prasādanīm. Devotional service is ātmā, means self, or mind also, even body. Ātmā means the body, this mind and …

We are living in three stages = bodily concept of life, mental concept of life and spiritual concept of life. …

And those who are still more advanced, they are thinking in terms of spiritual concept of life. The spiritual concept …

So spiritual realization is the ultimate goal of our life. Jīvasya tattva-jijñāsā nārtho yaś ceha karmabhiḥ. We have discussed these …

So ultimately one has to reach to the platform of Bhagavān, Vāsudeva. Vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ [Bg. 7.19]. …

Mahātmā is a very common word in India. Any saintly person is called a mahātmā. But according to Vedic description, …

mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimuktes tamo-dvāraṁ yoṣitāṁ saṅgi-saṅgam

[SB 5.5.2]

There are two ways. Our life, they are going in two ways. One way is liberation, and the other way …

This, our human life, by gradual evolutionary process we come to the human form of life. Now we can move …