SB 10.80.3
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Please note: The synonyms, translation and purport of this verse were composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TEXT 3
- sā vāg yayā tasya guṇān gṛṇīte
- karau ca tat-karma-karau manaś ca
- smared vasantaṁ sthira-jaṅgameṣu
- śṛṇoti tat-puṇya-kathāḥ sa karṇaḥ
SYNONYMS
sā—that (is); vāk—power of speech; yayā—by which; tasya—His; guṇān—qualities; gṛṇīte—one describes; karau—pair of hands; ca—and; tat—His; karma—work; karau—doing; manaḥ—mind; ca—and; smaret—remembers; vasantam—dwelling; sthira—within the unmoving; jaṅgameṣu—and moving; śṛṇoti—hears; tat—His; puṇya—sanctifying; kathāḥ—topics; saḥ—that (is); karṇaḥ—an ear.
Translation and purport composed by disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda
TRANSLATION
Actual speech is that which describes the qualities of the Lord, real hands are those that work for Him, a true mind is that which always remembers Him dwelling within everything moving and nonmoving, and actual ears are those that listen to sanctifying topics about Him.
PURPORT
While continuing from the previous verse to glorify the sense of hearing dedicated to the Lord, King Parīkṣit mentions the other senses also, so that we gain a complete picture of Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Here he declares that without any connection to Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Lord, all the organs of the body become useless. A similar statement is made by Śaunaka Ṛṣi in the Second Canto, Third Chapter, verses 20 to 24.
Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī mentions that the senses should work together in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. In other words, whatever the eyes or the ears experience, the mind should simply remember Kṛṣṇa, who is within all things.