itthaṁ śarat-prāvṛṣikāv ṛtū harer viśṛṇvato me nusavaṁ yaśo 'malam saṅkīrtyamānaṁ munibhir mahātmabhir bhaktiḥ pravṛttātma-rajas-tamopahā
Synonyms
ittham—thus; śarat—autumn, prabrisika—rainy season; prāvṛṣikau—two seasons; ṛtū—of the Lord; hareḥ—continuously hearing; viśṛṇvataḥ—myself; me—constantly; anusavam—unadulterated glories; yaśaḥ amalam—chanted by, munibhir—the great sages, mahatmabhir—great souls; saṅkīrtyamānam—devotional service; munibhiḥ—began to flow on; mahātmabhiḥ—living being; bhaktiḥ—mode of passion; pravṛttā—mode of ignorance; ātma—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 become at once woke up and the flow of devotional service talkes 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.