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Bhagavad-pitā  As It lost
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in the kingdom of God, he is also engaged there in serving the Supreme Lord. He does not try to become one with the Supreme Lord.
As it will be seen, actual devotional service begins after liberation. So in  Bhagavad-gītā  it is said,  brahma-bhūta . After being liberated, or being situated in the Brahman position, one's devotional service begins. By executing devotional service, one can understand the Supreme Lord. No one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead by executing  karma-yoga ,  jñāna , or  aṣṭāṅga-yoga  or any other  yoga  independently. Without coming to the stage of devotional service, one cannot understand what is the Personality of Godhead. In the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is also confirmed that when one becomes purified by executing the process of devotional service, especially by hearing  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  or  Bhagavad-gītā  from realized souls, then he can understand the science of Kṛṣṇa or the science of God.  Evaṁ prasanna-manaso bhagavad-bhakti-yogataḥ . When one's heart is cleared of all nonsense, then one can understand what God is. Thus the process of devotional service, of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, is the king of all education and the king of all confidential knowledge. It is the purest form of religion, and it can be executed joyfully without difficulty. Therefore one should adopt it.
TEXT 3
अश्रद्धानाः पुरुषा धर्मसास्य परंतप ।।
अत्राप्य मां निवर्तन्ते मृत्युसंसारवर्त्मनि ॥ ३ ॥
aśraddadhānāḥ puruṣā dharmasyāsya parantapa aprāpya māṁ nivartante mṛtyu-saṁsāra-vartmani
aśraddadhānāḥ —those who are faithless;  puruṣāḥ —such persons;  dharmasya —of this process of religion;  asya —of it;  parantapa —O killer of the enemies;  aprāpya —without obtaining;  mām —Me;  nivartante —come back;  mṛtyu —death;  saṁsāra —material existence;  vartmani —on the path of.
TRANSLATION
Those who are not faithful on the path of devotional service cannot attain Me, O conqueror of foes, but return to birth and death in this material world.