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Beyond Birth and Death
and which arise due to the body and are always changed when the body is changed, one can attain to  bhakti .  Bhakti  is realizing that one is pure spirit and not matter at all. Our real identity is not this body, which is simply a covering of the spirit, but our real identity is  dāsa , servant of Kṛṣṇa. When one is situated in his real identity and is rendering service to Kṛṣṇa, he is a  bhakta .  Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa sevenam:  when our senses are free from material designations, we will utilize them in the service of the master of the senses, Hṛṣīkeśa, or Kṛṣṇa.
As Rūpa Gosvāmī points out, we have to serve Kṛṣṇa favorably. Generally we want to serve God for some material purpose or gain. Of course one who goes to God for material gain is better than one who never goes, but we should be free from desire for material benefit. Our aim should be to understand Kṛṣṇa. Of course Kṛṣṇa is unlimited, and it is not possible to understand Him, but we have to accept what we can understand.  Bhagavad-gītā  is specifically presented for our understanding. Through receiving knowledge in this way, we should know that Kṛṣṇa is pleased, and we should serve Him favorably according to His pleasure. Kṛṣṇa consciousness is a great science with immense literatures, and we should utilize them for the attainment of  bhakti .
Puruṣaḥ sa paraḥ:  In the spiritual sky, the Supreme Lord is present as the Supreme Person. There are innumerable self-luminous planets there, and in each one an expansion of Kṛṣṇa resides. They are four-armed, and have innumerable names. They are all persons—they are not impersonal. These  puruṣaḥs  or