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Transcendental Knowledge
୨୨୦
in this case. Anyone who understands Lord Kṛṣṇa to be the Supreme, or who says unto the Lord, “You are the same Supreme Brahman, the Personality of Godhead” is certainly liberated instantly, and consequently his entrance into the transcendental association of the Lord is guaranteed. In other words, such a faithful devotee of the Lord attains perfection, and this is confirmed by the following Vedic assertion:
tam  eva viditvātimrtvumeti nānvah panthā vidvate avanāva.
One can attain the perfect stage of liberation from birth and death simply by knowing the Lord, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. There is no alternative because anyone who does not understand Lord Kṛṣṇa as the Supreme Personality of Godhead is surely in the mode of ignorance. Consequently he will not attain salvation, simply, so to speak, by licking the outer surface of the bottle of honey, or by interpreting the  Bhagavad-gītā  according to mundane scholarship. Such empiric philosophers may assume very important roles in the material world, but they are not necessarily eligible for liberation. Such puffed up mundane scholars have to wait for the causeless mercy of the devotee of the Lord. One should therefore cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness with faith and knowledge, and in this way attain perfection.
TEXT 10
वीतरागभयक्रोधा मन्मया माम्रुपाश्रिताः । बह्वो ज्ञानतपसा पूता मद्भावमागताः ॥१०॥
vīta-rāga-bhaya-krodhā  
 man-mayā mām upāśritāḥ  
 bahavo jñāna-tapasā  
 pūtā mad-bhāvam āgatāḥ
vīta —freed from;  rāga —attachment;  bhaya —fear;  krodhāḥ —anger;  mat-mayā —fully in Me;  mām —unto Me;  upāśritāḥ —being fully situated;  bahavaḥ —many;  jñāna —knowledge;  tapasā —by penance;  pūtāḥ —being purified;  mat-bhāvam —transcendental love for Me;  āgatāḥ —attained.
TRANSLATION
Being freed from attachment, fear and anger, being fully absorbed in Me and taking refuge in Me, many, many persons in the past became puri-