Hearing and devotional service

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Compare the description of service with the passage on hearing.

1. SB 1.2.6

   The supreme occupation [dharma] for all humanity is that by which men can attain to loving devotional service unto the transcendent Lord. Such devotional service must be unmotivated and uninterrupted to completely satisfy the self.

   Read SB 1.2.6 in context · Source: Vanisource

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2. SB 1.2.17

   Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Personality of Godhead, who is the Paramātmā [Supersoul] in everyone's heart and the benefactor of the truthful devotee, cleanses desire for material enjoyment from the heart of the devotee who has developed the urge to hear His messages, which are in themselves virtuous when properly heard and chanted.

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Related contextual definitions

• Bhakti: devotional service
• Smaraṇam: remembrances

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