Verse 3.5.698

Bengali text, Devanagari and Unicode transliteration of verse 3.5.698:

সবেই লযেন হরি-নাম লক্ষ লক্ষ সবে হৈলেন বিষ্ণু-ভক্তি-যোগে দক্ষ ॥ ৬৯৮ ॥

सबेइ लयेन हरि-नाम लक्ष लक्ष सबे हैलेन विष्णु-भक्ति-योगे दक्ष ॥ ६९८ ॥

sabei layena hari-nāma lakṣa lakṣa sabe hailena viṣṇu-bhakti-yoge dakṣa || 698 ||

sabei layena hari-nama laksa laksa sabe hailena visnu-bhakti-yoge daksa (698)

English translation:

(698) They all chanted the name of Hari hundreds of thousands of times, and they became expert in the devotional service of Lord Viṣṇu.

Commentary: Gauḍīya-bhāṣya by Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura:

There is a difference between devotion to Viṣṇu and devotion to objects other than Viṣṇu. In devotional service to Viṣṇu there is no sense gratification, but in devotion to demigods other than Viṣṇu there is the desire for fulfilling one’s selfish motives. Yet in devotional service to

Viṣṇu there are three categories—kṣīṇa (weak), madhyam (medium), and nipuṇa (expert). By chanting the name of Hari, love for Kṛṣṇa is awakened and one becomes qualified to relish the topmost transcendental mellows.