CC Madhya 22.134

Madhya-līlā, Chapter 22, Text 134

‘এক’ অঙ্গ সাধে, কেহ সাধে ‘বহু’ অঙ্গ ।
‘নিষ্ঠা’ হৈলে উপজয় প্রেমের তরঙ্গ ॥ ১৩৪ ॥

‘eka’ aṅga sādhe, keha sādhe ‘bahu’ aṅga
‘niṣṭhā’ haile upajaya premera taraṅga

Word by word

eka — one; aṅga — portion; sādhe — executes; keha — someone; sādhe — executes; bahu — many; aṅga — portions; niṣṭhā — firm faith; haile — if there is; upajaya — awaken; premera — of love of Godhead; taraṅga — the waves.

Translation

“When one is firmly fixed in devotional service, whether he executes one or many processes of devotional service, the waves of love of Godhead will awaken.”

Purport

The nine processes of devotional service are śravaṇaṁ kīrtanaṁ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṁ pāda-sevanam/ arcanaṁ vandanaṁ dāsyaṁ sakhyam ātma-nivedanam. (See text 121 of this chapter.)