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श्रीप्रह्राद उवाच
श्रवणं कीर्तनं विष्णोः स्मरणं पादसेवनम् ।
अर्चनं वन्दनं दास्यं सख्यमात्मनिवेदनम् ।
इति पुंसार्पिता विष्णौ भक्तिश्चेन्नवलक्षणा ।
क्रियेत भगवत्यद्धा तन्मन्ये ऽधीतमुत्तमम् ॥ २४ ॥
 
sri-prahrada uvaca
sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dasyam
sakhyam atma-nivedanam
iti pumsarpita visnau
bhaktis cen nava-laksana
kriyeta bhagavaty addha
tan manye 'dhitam uttamam
sri-prahradah uvaca-Prahlada Maharaja said; sravanam-hearing; kirtanam-chanting; visnoh-of Lord Visnu (not anyone else); smaranam-remembering; pada-sevanam-serving the feet; arcanam-offering worship (with sodasopacara, the sixteen kinds of paraphernalia); vandanam-offering prayers; dasyam-becoming the servant; sakhyam-becoming the best friend; atma-nivedanam-surrendering everything, whatever one has; iti-thus; pumsa arpita-offered by the devotee; visnau-unto Lord Visnu (not to anyone else); bhaktih-devotional service; cet-if; nava-laksana-possessing nine different processes; kriyeta-one should perform; bhagavati-unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; addha-directly or completely; tat-that; manye-I consider; adhitam-learning; uttamam-topmost.