sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padÄravindayor
vacÄá¹si vaikuṇá¹ha-guṇÄnuvarṇane
karau harer mandira-mÄrjanÄdiá¹£u
Å›rutiá¹ cakÄrÄcyuta-sat-kathodaye
mukunda-liá¹…gÄlaya-darÅ›ane dṛśau
tad-bhá¹›tya-gÄtra-sparÅ›e 'á¹…ga-saá¹…gamam
ghrÄṇaá¹ ca tat-pÄda-saroja-saurabhe
Å›rÄ«mat-tulasyÄ rasanÄá¹ tad-arpite
pÄdau hareḥ ká¹£etra-padÄnusarpaṇe
Å›iro hṛṣīkeÅ›a-padÄbhivandane
kÄmaá¹ ca dÄsye na tu kÄma-kÄmyayÄ
yathottamaÅ›loka-janÄÅ›rayÄ ratiḥ
saḥ - he (MahÄrÄja AmbarÄ«á¹£a); vai - indeed; manaḥ - his mind; kṛṣṇa-pada-aravindayoḥ - (fixed) upon the two lotus feet of Lord Kṛṣṇa; vacÄá¹si - his words; vaikuṇá¹ha-guṇa-anuvarṇane - describing the glories of Kṛṣṇa; karau - his two hands; hareḥ mandira-mÄrjana-Ädiá¹£u - in activities like cleansing the temple of Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; Å›rutim - his ear; cakÄra - engaged; acyuta - of or about Kṛṣṇa, who never falls down; sat-kathÄ-udaye - in hearing the transcendental narrations; mukunda-liá¹…ga-Älaya-darÅ›ane - in seeing the Deity and temples and holy dhÄmas of Mukunda; dṛśau - his two eyes; tat-bhá¹›tya - of the servants of Kṛṣṇa; gÄtra-sparÅ›e - in touching the bodies; aá¹…ga-saá¹…gamam - contact of his body; ghrÄṇam ca - and his sense of smell; tat-pÄda - of His lotus feet; saroja - of the lotus flower; saurabhe - in (smelling) the fragrance; Å›rÄ«mat-tulasyÄḥ - of the tulasÄ« leaves; rasanÄm - his tongue; tat-arpite - in the prasÄda offered to the Lord; pÄdau - his two legs; hareḥ - of the Personality of Godhead; ká¹£etra - holy places like the temple or Vá¹›ndÄvana and DvÄrakÄ; pada-anusarpaṇe - walking to those places; Å›iraḥ - the head; hṛṣīkeÅ›a - of Kṛṣṇa, the master of the senses; pada-abhivandane - in offering obeisances to the lotus feet; kÄmam ca - and his desires; dÄsye - in being engaged as a servant; na - not; tu - indeed; kÄma-kÄmyayÄ - with a desire for sense gratification; yathÄ - as; uttamaÅ›loka-jana-ÄÅ›rayÄ - if one takes shelter of a devotee such as PrahlÄda; ratiḥ - attachment.
In Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.1) the Lord recommends, mayy Äsakta-manÄḥ pÄrtha yogaá¹ yuñjan mad-ÄÅ›rayaḥ. This indicates that one must execute devotional service under the guidance of a devotee or directly under the guidance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is not possible, however, to train oneself without guidance from the spiritual master. Therefore, according to the instructions of ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ«, the first business of a devotee is to accept a bona fide spiritual master who can train him to engage his various senses in rendering transcendental service to the Lord. The Lord also says in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ (7.1), asaá¹Å›ayaá¹ samagraá¹ mÄá¹ yathÄ jñÄsyasi tac chṛṇu. In other words, if one wants to understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead in completeness, one must follow the prescriptions given by Kṛṣṇa by following in the footsteps of MahÄrÄja AmbarÄ«á¹£a. It is said, hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeÅ›a-sevanaá¹ bhaktir ucyate: bhakti means to engage the senses in the service of the master of the senses, Kṛṣṇa, who is called HṛṣīkeÅ›a or Acyuta. These words are used in these verses. Acyuta-sat-kathodaye, hṛṣīkeÅ›a-padÄbhivandane. The words Acyuta and HṛṣīkeÅ›a are also used in Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ. Bhagavad-gÄ«tÄ is kṛṣṇa-kathÄ spoken directly by Kṛṣṇa, and ÅšrÄ«mad-BhÄgavatam is also kṛṣṇa-kathÄ because everything described in the BhÄgavatam is in relationship with Kṛṣṇa.