मल्लिङ्गमद्भक्तजनदर्शनस्पर्शनार्चनम् । परिचर्या स्तुति: प्रह्वगुणकर्मानुकीर्तनम् ॥ ३४ ॥ मत्कथाश्रवणे श्रद्धा मदनुध्यानमुद्धव । सर्वलाभोपहरणं दास्येनात्मनिवेदनम् ॥ ३५ ॥ मज्जन्मकर्मकथनं मम पर्वानुमोदनम् । गीतताण्डववादित्रगोष्ठीभिर्मद्गृहोत्सव: ॥ ३६ ॥ यात्रा बलिविधानं च सर्ववार्षिकपर्वसु । वैदिकी तान्त्रिकी दीक्षा मदीयव्रतधारणम् ॥ ३७ ॥ ममार्चास्थापने श्रद्धा स्वत: संहत्य चोद्यम: । उद्यानोपवनाक्रीडपुरमन्दिरकर्मणि ॥ ३८ ॥ सम्मार्जनोपलेपाभ्यां सेकमण्डलवर्तनै: । गृहशुश्रूषणं मह्यं दासवद् यदमायया ॥ ३९ ॥ अमानित्वमदम्भित्वं कृतस्यापरिकीर्तनम् । अपि दीपावलोकं मे नोपयुञ्ज्यान्निवेदितम् ॥ ४० ॥ यद् यदिष्टतमं लोके यच्चातिप्रियमात्मन: । तत्तन्निवेदयेन्मह्यं तदानन्त्याय कल्पते ॥ ४१ ॥
mal-liṅga-mad-bhakta-jana- darśana-sparśanārcanam paricaryā stutiḥ prahva- guṇa-karmānukīrtanam mat-kathā-śravaṇe śraddhā mad-anudhyānam uddhava sarva-lābhopaharaṇaṁ dāsyenātma-nivedanam maj-janma-karma-kathanaṁ mama parvānumodanam gīta-tāṇḍava-vāditra- goṣṭhībhir mad-gṛhotsavaḥ yātrā bali-vidhānaṁ ca sarva-vārṣika-parvasu vaidikī tāntrikī dīkṣā madīya-vrata-dhāraṇam mamārcā-sthāpane śraddhā svataḥ saṁhatya codyamaḥ udyānopavanākrīḍa- pura-mandira-karmaṇi sammārjanopalepābhyāṁ seka-maṇḍala-vartanaiḥ gṛha-śuśrūṣaṇaṁ mahyaṁ dāsa-vad yad amāyayā amānitvam adambhitvaṁ kṛtasyāparikīrtanam api dīpāvalokaṁ me nopayuñjyān niveditam yad yad iṣṭatamaṁ loke yac cāti-priyam ātmanaḥ tat tan nivedayen mahyaṁ tad ānantyāya kalpate
- mat-liṅga
- My appearance in this world as the Deity, etc.
- mat-bhakta-jana
- My devotees
- darśana
- seeing
- sparśana
- touching
- arcanam
- and worshiping
- paricaryā
- rendering personal service
- stutiḥ
- offering prayers of glorification
- prahva
- obeisances
- guṇa
- My qualities
- karma
- and activities
- anukīrtanam
- constantly glorifying
- mat-kathā
- topics about Me
- śravaṇe
- in hearing
- śraddhā
- faith due to love
- mat-anudhyānam
- always meditating on Me
- uddhava
- O Uddhava
- sarva-lābha
- all that one acquires
- upaharaṇam
- offering
- dāsyena
- by accepting oneself as My servant
- ātma-nivedanam
- self-surrender
- mat-janma-karma-kathanam
- glorifying My birth and activities
- mama
- My
- parva
- in festivals such as Janmāṣṭamī
- anumodanam
- taking great pleasure
- gīta
- by songs
- tāṇḍava
- dancing
- vāditra
- musical instruments
- goṣṭhībhiḥ
- and discussions among devotees
- mat-gṛha
- in My temple
- utsavaḥ
- festivals
- yātrā
- celebrations
- bali-vidhānam
- making offerings
- ca
- also
- sarva
- in all
- vārṣika
- annual
- parvasu
- in the celebrations
- vaidikī
- mentioned in the Vedas
- tāntrikī
- mentioned in literatures such as the Pañcarātra
- dīkṣā
- initiation
- madīya
- in relation to Me
- vrata
- vows
- dhāraṇam
- observing
- mama
- My
- arcā
- of the Deity form
- sthāpane
- in the installation
- śraddhā
- being faithfully attached
- svataḥ
- by oneself
- saṁhatya
- with others
- ca
- also
- udyamaḥ
- endeavor
- udyāna
- of flower gardens
- upavana
- orchards
- ākrīḍa
- places of pastimes
- pura
- devotional cities
- mandira
- and temples
- karmaṇi
- in the construction
- sammārjana
- by thoroughly sweeping and dusting
- upalepābhyām
- then by smearing water and cow dung
- seka
- by sprinkling scented water
- maṇḍala-vartanaiḥ
- by construction of maṇḍalas
- gṛha
- of the temple, which is My home
- śuśrūṣaṇam
- service
- mahyam
- for My sake
- dāsa-vat
- being like a servant
- yat
- which
- amāyayā
- without duplicity
- amānitvam
- being without false prestige
- adambhitvam
- being prideless
- kṛtasya
- one’s devotional activities
- aparikīrtanam
- not advertising
- api
- moreover
- dīpa
- of lamps
- avalokam
- the light
- me
- which belong to Me
- na
- not
- upayuñjyāt
- one should engage
- niveditam
- things already offered to others
- yat yat
- anything
- iṣṭa-tamam
- most desired
- loke
- in the material world
- yat ca
- and anything
- ati-priyam
- most dear
- ātmanaḥ
- of oneself
- tat tat
- that very thing
- nivedayet
- one should offer
- mahyam
- unto Me
- tat
- that offering
- ānantyāya
- for immortality
- kalpate
- qualifies one
My dear Uddhava, one can give up false pride and prestige by engaging in the following devotional activities. One may purify oneself by seeing, touching, worshiping, serving, and offering prayers of glorification and obeisances to My form as the Deity and to My pure devotees. One should also glorify My transcendental qualities and activities, hear with love and faith the narrations of My glories and constantly meditate on Me. One should offer to Me whatever one acquires, and accepting oneself as My eternal servant, one should give oneself completely to Me. One should always discuss My birth and activities and enjoy life by participating in festivals, such as Janmāṣṭamī, which glorify My pastimes. In My temple, one should also participate in festivals and ceremonies by singing, dancing, playing musical instruments and discussing Me with other Vaiṣṇavas. One should observe all the regularly celebrated annual festivals by attending ceremonies, pilgrimages and making offerings. One should also observe religious vows such as Ekādaśī and take initiation by the procedures mentioned in the Vedas, Pañcarātra and other, similar literatures. One should faithfully and lovingly support the installation of My Deity, and individually or in cooperation with others one should work for the construction of Kṛṣṇa conscious temples and cities as well as flower gardens, fruit gardens and special areas to celebrate My pastimes. One should consider oneself to be My humble servant, without duplicity, and thus should help to clean the temple, which is My home. First one should sweep and dust thoroughly, and then one should further cleanse with water and cow dung. Having dried the temple, one should sprinkle scented water and decorate the temple with maṇḍalas. One should thus act just like My servant. A devotee should never advertise his devotional activities; therefore his service will not be the cause of false pride. One should never use lamps that are offered to Me for other purposes simply because there is need of illumination, and similarly, one should never offer to Me anything that has been offered to or used by others. Whatever is most desired by one within this material world, and whatever is most dear to oneself — one should offer that very thing to Me. Such an offering qualifies one for eternal life.