220423b Brahma-stuti, Verse 3: The Glories of Brain-Dead Bhakti

Lecture given at Bhaktivan, Kansas on April 23, 2022

Brahma-stuti, Verse 3: The Glories of Brain-Dead Bhakti

ŚB 10.14.3

ज्ञाने प्रयासमुदपास्य नमन्त एव

जीवन्ति सन्मुखरितां भवदीयवार्ताम् ।

स्थाने स्थिता: श्रुतिगतां तनुवाङ्‌मनोभि-

र्ये प्रायशोऽजित जितोऽप्यसि तैस्त्रिलोक्याम् ॥ ३ ॥

jñāne prayāsam udapāsya namanta eva

jīvanti san-mukharitāṁ bhavadīya-vārtām

sthāne sthitāḥ śruti-gatāṁ tanu-vāṅ-manobhir

ye prāyaśo ’jita jito ’py asi tais tri-lokyām

Translation

Those who, even while remaining situated in their established social positions, throw away the process of speculative knowledge and with their body, words and mind offer all respects to descriptions of Your personality and activities, dedicating their lives to these narrations, which are vibrated by You personally and by Your pure devotees, certainly conquer Your Lordship, although You are otherwise unconquerable by anyone within the three worlds.