SB 1.6.33 (1962)
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT No. 33
Pragayatah swaviryani tirthapadah priyashravah
Ahuta iva me shighram darshanam yati chetasi
ENGLISH SYNONYMS
Pragayatah—thus singing, Swaviryani—Own activities, Tirthapadah—Lord Whose Lotus feet is the source of all virtues or holiness, Priyashrava—pleasing to hear, Ahuta—called for, Iva—just like, me—to me, Shighram—very soon, Yati—appears, Chetasi—on the seat of the heart.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Lord Sri Krishna whose glories and activities are all pleasing to hear does at once appear on the seat of my heart as if he is called for,—as soon as I begin to chant His holy activities.
PURPORT
The Absolute Personality of Godhead is not different from His transcendental name, form, pastimes and the sound vibration thereof. As soon as a pure devotee engages himself in the pure devotional service of hearing chanting remembering the name fame and activities of the Lord at once He becomes visible to the transcendental eyes of such pure devotee by reflecting Himself on the mirror of the heart by spiritual television. Therefore a pure devotee who is related with the Lord in the terms of loving transcendental service can experience the presence of the Lord at every moment. It is a natural psychology in every individual case that a person likes to hear and enjoy his personal glories enumerated by others. That is a natural instinct and the Lord being also an individual Personality like others He is not an exception to this psychology because psychological characteristic visible in the individual souls are but reflections of the same psychology in the Absolute Lord. The only difference is that the Lord is the greatest Personality of all other personalities and Absolute in His all affairs. If therefore, The Lord is attracted by the pure devotee's chanting of His glories there is nothing astonishing and as He is Absolute He can appear Himself in the picture of His glorification, the two things being identical. Srila Narada chants the glorification of the Lord not for His personal benefit but because the glorifications being identical with the Lord, Narada Muni forces penetration of the presence of the Lord by the transcendental chanting.