श्रीभगवानुवाच देवानां गुणलिङ्गानामानुश्रविककर्मणाम् । सत्त्व एवैकमनसो वृत्ति: स्वाभाविकी तु या । अनिमित्ता भागवती भक्ति: सिद्धेर्गरीयसी ॥ ३२ ॥
sri-bhagavan uvaca devanam guna-linganam anusravika-karmanam sattva evaika-manaso vrttih svabhaviki tu ya animitta bhagavati bhaktih siddher gariyasi
- sri-bhagavan uvaca
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead said
- devanam
- of the senses or of the presiding deities of the senses
- guna-linganam
- which detect sense objects
- anusravika
- according to scripture
- karmanam
- which work
- sattve
- unto the mind or unto the Lord
- eva
- only
- eka-manasah
- of a man of undivided mind
- vrttih
- inclination
- svabhaviki
- natural
- tu
- in fact
- ya
- which
- animitta
- without motive
- bhagavati
- to the Personality of Godhead
- bhaktih
- devotional service
- siddheh
- than salvation
- gariyasi
- better
Lord Kapila said: The senses are symbolic representations of the demigods, and their natural inclination is to work under the direction of the Vedic injunctions. As the senses are representatives of the demigods, so the mind is the representative of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The mind’s natural duty is to serve. When that service spirit is engaged in devotional service to the Personality of Godhead, without any motive, that is far better even than salvation.