गां पर्यटंस्तुष्टमना गतस्पृहः कालं प्रतीक्षन्विमदो विमत्सरः ॥२६॥
nÄmÄny anantasya hata-trapaḥ paá¹han
guhyÄni bhadrÄṇi ká¹›tÄni ca smaran
gÄá¹ paryaá¹aá¹s tuá¹£á¹a-manÄ gata-spá¹›haḥ
kÄlaá¹ pratÄ«ká¹£an vimado vimatsaraḥ
nÄmÄni - the holy name, fame, etc.; anantasya - of the unlimited; hata-trapaḥ - being freed from all formalities of the material world; paá¹han - by recitation, repeated reading, etc.; guhyÄni - mysterious; bhadrÄṇi - all benedictory; ká¹›tÄni - activities; ca - and; smaran - constantly remembering; gÄm - on the earth; paryaá¹an - traveling all through; tuá¹£á¹a-manÄḥ - fully satisfied; gata-spá¹›haḥ - completely freed from all material desires; kÄlam - time; pratÄ«ká¹£an - awaiting; vimadaḥ - without being proud; vimatsaraḥ - without being envious.
Thus I began chanting the holy name and fame of the Lord by repeated recitation, ignoring all the formalities of the material world. Such chanting and remembering of the transcendental pastimes of the Lord are benedictory. So doing, I traveled all over the earth, fully satisfied, humble and unenvious.
The life of a sincere devotee of the Lord is thus explained in a nutshell by NÄrada Muni by his personal example. Such a devotee, after his initiation by the Lord or His bona fide representative, takes very seriously chanting of the glories of the Lord and traveling all over the world so that others may also hear the glories of the Lord. Such devotees have no desire for material gain. They are conducted by one single desire: to go back to Godhead. This awaits them in due course on quitting the material body. Because they have the highest aim of life, going back to Godhead, they are never envious of anyone, nor are they proud of being eligible to go back to Godhead. Their only business is to chant and remember the holy name, fame and pastimes of the Lord and, according to personal capacity, to distribute the message for others’ welfare without motive of material gain.
