Chapter 80
सा वाग् यया तस्य गुणान् गृणीते करौ च तत्कर्मकरौ मनश्च । स्मरेद् वसन्तं स्थिरजङ्गमेषु शृणोति तत्पुण्यकथा: स कर्ण: ॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration
sā vāg yayā tasya guṇān gṛṇīte karau ca tat-karma-karau manaś ca smared vasantaṁ sthira-jaṅgameṣu śṛṇoti tat-puṇya-kathāḥ sa karṇaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
sā — that (is); vāk — power of speech; yayā — by which; tasya — His; guṇān — qualities; gṛṇīte — one describes; karau — pair of hands; ca — and; tat — His; karma — work; karau — doing; manaḥ — mind; ca — and; smaret — remembers; vasantam — dwelling; sthira — within the unmoving; jaṅgameṣu — and moving; śṛṇoti — hears; tat — His; puṇya — sanctifying; kathāḥ — topics; saḥ — that (is); karṇaḥ — an ear.
Translation
“Actual speech is that which describes the qualities of the Lord, real hands are those that work for Him, a true mind is that which always remembers Him dwelling within everything moving and nonmoving, and actual ears are those that listen to sanctifying topics about Him.”