FolioCorpusBhagavad-gītā

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.6.33

ప్రగాయత: స్వవీర్యాణి తీర్థపాద: ప్రియశ్రవా: । ఆహూత ఇవ మే శీఘ్రం దర్శనం యాతి చేతసి ॥ ౩౩ ॥
pragāyataḥ sva-vīryāṇi
[pragaayatah sva-veeryaani]
tīrtha-pādaḥ priya-śravāḥ
[teertha-paadah priya-shravaah]
āhūta iva me śīghraṁ
[aahoota iva me sheeghram]
darśanaṁ yāti cetasi
[darshanam yaati chetasi]
pragāyataḥ — thus singing sva-vīryāṇi — own activities tīrtha-pādaḥ — the Lord, whose lotus feet are the source of all virtues or holiness priya-śravāḥ — pleasing to hear āhūtaḥ — called for iva — just like me — to me śīghram — very soon darśanam — sight yāti — appears cetasi — on the seat of the heart.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
pragāyataḥ sva-vīryāṇi
pragāyataḥ
thus singing
sva-vīryāṇi
own activities
tīrtha-pādaḥ priya-śravāḥ
tīrtha-pādaḥ
the Lord, whose lotus feet are the source of all virtues or holiness
priya-śravāḥ
pleasing to hear
āhūtaḥ
called for
āhūta iva me śīghraṁ
iva
just like
me
to me
śīghram
very soon
darśanaṁ yāti cetasi
darśanam
sight
yāti
appears
cetasi
on the seat of the heart.
The Supreme Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, whose glories and activities are pleasing to hear, at once appears on the seat of my heart, as if called for, as soon as I begin to chant His holy activities.

The Absolute Personality of Godhead is not different from His transcendental name, form, pastimes and the sound vibrations thereof. As soon as a pure devotee engages himself in the pure devotional service of hearing, chanting and remembering the name, fame and activities of the Lord, at once He becomes visible to the transcendental eyes of the 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 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, is not an exception to this psychology because psychological characteristics 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 and absolute in all His affairs. If, therefore, the Lord is attracted by the pure devotee’s chanting of His glories, there is nothing astonishing. Since He is absolute, He can appear Himself in the picture of His glorification, the two things being identical. Śrīla Nārada chants the glorification of the Lord not for his personal benefit but because the glorifications are identical with the Lord. Nārada Muni penetrates into the presence of the Lord by the transcendental chanting.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When I sing his glories, the Lord who makes any place that he touches holy, and who is attracted to those who sing his glories, quickly appears in my heart, as if being called.
Commentary

Priya-śravāḥ means that Kṛṣṇa goes wherever his glories are sung, since he is attracted to that. [Note: Jīva Gosvāmī explains that he is attracted not for his own glorification, but to give mercy to those devotees. ] Tīrtha-pāda means that wherever the Lord goes becomes a holy place. The Lord actually is controlled by bhakti, and thus appears without being called. Therefore the verse says that he comes as if being called.

📝 My note

← Read full Chapter 6