एतावानेव लोकेऽस्मिन् पुंसां धर्म: पर: स्मृत: । भक्तियोगो भगवति तन्नामग्रहणादिभि: ॥ २२ ॥
etavan eva loke ’smin pumsam dharmah parah smrtah bhakti-yogo bhagavati tan-nama-grahanadibhih
- etavan
- this much
- eva
- indeed
- loke asmin
- in this material world
- pumsam
- of the living entities
- dharmah
- the religious principles
- parah
- transcendental
- smrtah
- recognized
- bhakti-yogah
- bhakti-yoga, or devotional service
- bhagavati
- to the Supreme Personality of Godhead (not to the demigods)
- tat
- His
- nama
- of the holy name
- grahana-adibhih
- beginning with chanting.
Devotional service, beginning with the chanting of the holy name of the Lord, is the ultimate religious principle for the living entity in human society.