SB 1.5.28 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 28
Ittham sarat prabrisika ritu harer
Visrinwato me'anusavam yasomalam
samkritomanam munibhir mahatmabhir
Bhakti pravritta atma rajas tamoapaha.
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Ittham—thus, Sarat—autumn, prabrisika—rainy season, Ritu—two seasons, Harer—of the Lord, Visrinwato—continuously hearing, Me—myself, Anusavam—constantly, Yasomalam—unadulterated glories, Samkirtomanam—chanted by, munibhir—the great sages, mahatmabhir—great souls, Bhakti—devotional service, Pravritta—began to flow on, Atma—living being, Rajas—mode of passion, Tamo—mode of ignorance, Apaha—vanishing.
TRANSLATION
Thus during the two seasons of the rainy as well as the autumn, myself got the opportunity of hearing the great-soul sages chanting constantly unadulterated glories of the Lord Hari,—the flow of my devotional service began, vanishing away coverings of the modes of passion and ignorance.
PURPORT
Transcendental loving service for the Supreme Lord is the natural inclination of every living being. The instinct is dormant in every living being but due to the association of material nature the modes of passion and ignorance cover them from time immemorial. If by the Grace of the Lord and the great soul devotees of the Lord, a living being becomes fortunate to associate with the unadulterated devotees of the Lord, and gets the chance of hearing unadulterated glories of the Lord, certainly the dormant instinct of devotional service becomes at once woken up and the flow of devotional service takes place like the flow of waves of a river. As the river flows on till she reaches the destination of the sea, similarly pure devotional service of devotee begins to flow by the association of pure devotees till such devotional service riches the ultimate goal namely transcendental love of God. Such flow of devotional service cannot stop but on the contrary it increases more and more without any limitation. The flow of devotional service is so much potent that any onlooker of such flowing of transcendenetal service, also becomes as much liberated from the influence of the modes of passion and ignorance. These two qualities of nature is thus removed and living being is liberated, being situated in his original position.