Not only the ear, but all organs of the body become useless without relationship with Krsna. As the words of Saunaka indicate "jivha’sti dardurika iva" their tongues are those of frogs Engaging the organs otherwise is criticized. The hands by engagement in serving the Lord become fortunate. That mind which engages in remembering he who dwells in all moving and non moving entities, no matter what object the eyes sees, is fortunate.

The ears are useless without hearing those topics. In order to show this Parīkṣit gives examples of other senses. When one develops bhakti for the Lord one seeks out many qualities of the Lord (guṇān). By speech one glorifies the qualities of the Lord. Dissatisfied with one example he says that all senses should be engaged. By the hands one should engage in work such as deity worship and services. By the mind one should remember the Lord who is situated everywhere at all times. The ear should listen to the Lord’s topics which purify or are attractive (puṇya). Since the ear is a knowledge gathering sense, and one can gain knowledge using one ear (unlike the hand), karṇaḥ is in the singular. The eye also is singular for this reason (next verse).

That is speech by which a person describes the qualities of the Lord like mercy, beauty and sweetness. Otherwise speech is unaccomplished, like the croaking of a frog or it is criticized. The same goes for action of the hands, mind or ears. Words attain their function by chanting the Lord’s names with great care. Generally words are of great variety and cause disturbance to all the senses, and thus one must with great care to engage them in chanting the Lord’s names. This extinguishes agitation of all the senses and gives bliss, and thus it is the best means of attaining the highest goal. It aids other engagements in their perfection. Many qualities (guṇān) are chanted, as this is the nature of the Lord’s qualities or many qualities drives out material topics. The words are for one’s own benefit as well as benefiting the listeners. One engages the hands in actions such as serving the deity (karma). One engages the mind in the Lord living in all moving and nonmoving beings. Thus one can think of the Lord all the time and everywhere. Moving beings are mentioned later since they are more plentiful. Or one should remember the Lord residing intimately in the nonmoving kadamba trees and moving beings like cows. The sense of the ear, or the two ears (karṇaḥ) listens to the Lord’s topics which are purifying or are the very form of purity or most attractive (puṇya-kathāḥ). One ear can also indicate both ears. The same should be understood in relation to the eyes. The word puṇya indicates the very form of the topics, purity being their nature or indicateing the descriptions of the sweet pastimes.