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Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse] [Prabhupāda and evotees repeat]

śṛnvanti gāyanti gṛṇanty abhīkṣṇaśaḥ smaranti nandanti tavehitaṁ janaḥ ta eva paśyanty acireṇa tāvakaṁ bhava-pravāhoparamaṁ padāmbujam

[SB 1.8.36]

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śṛṇvanti---hear; gāyanti---chant; gṛṇanti---take; abhīkṣṇaśaḥ---continuously; smaranti---remembers; nandanti---take pleasure; tava---Your; īhitam---activities; janāḥ---people in general; ta---they; eva---certainly; paśyanti---can see; acireṇa---very soon; tāvakam---Your; bhava-pravāha---the …

[02:48]

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śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam

[SB 7.5.23]

Tan manye adhītam uttamam. Prahlada Mahārāja said one who is engaged in these activities, śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ, hearing and chanting... …

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śrī-vigrahārādhana-nitya-nānā-śṛṅgāra-tan-mandira-mārjanādau.