sravanam kirtanam visnoh
smaranam pada-sevanam
arcanam vandanam dasyam
sakhyam atma-nivedanam
Translation
• Sravanam: Sravana: Ear. Listening
• Kirtanam: Singing
• Visnoh: God
• Smaranam: remembering
• Pada-sevanam: Pada: Feet, Seva: Service
• Arcanam: Worshipping
• Vandanam: Praying
• Dasyam: Serving
• Sakhyam: Friendship/Fraternity
• Atma-nivedanam: Atma: Soul/Self/Nature, Nivaedanam: Dedicating (Dedicating the self)
Remembering God through singing and listening.
Dedictation ones self (body, mind and soul) through serving, praying and worshipping at the feet of God
This comes from the Srimad Bhagavatam, and was spoken by Sri Prahlada, when his demon father, Hiranyakasipur, asked him what was the best of everything, which he had learned. [SB 7.5.23].