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၁၂ ဇူလိုင်လ  သည်  မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၂ ရာစုတွင် တည်ရှိပြီး မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၂ ရာစုတွင် တည်ရှိပြီး မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် ၂၂ ရာစုတွင
[Ch. 9]
Ekādaśī , and on the appearance day of the Lord, etc. All these rules and regulations are offered by the great  ācāryas  for those who are actually interested in getting admission into the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the transcendental world. The  mahātmās , great souls, strictly observe all these rules and regulations, and therefore they are sure to achieve the desired result.
As described in the second verse of this chapter, this devotional service is not only easy, but it can be performed in a happy mood. One does not need to undergo any severe penance and austerity. He can live this life in devotional service, guided by an expert spiritual master, and in any position, either as a householder or a  sannyāsī , or a  brahmacārī ; in any position and anywhere in the world, he can perform this devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead and thus become actually  mahātmā , a great soul.
TEXT 15
ज्ञानयज्ञेन चाप्यन्ये यजन्तो मामुपासते । 
    एकत्वेन पृथक्त्वेन बहुधा विश्वतोमुखम् ॥१५॥
jīnāna-yajīnena cāpy anye yajanto mām upāsate ekatvena prthaktvena bahudhā viśvato-mukham
jñāna-yajñena —by cultivation of knowledge;  ca —also;  api —certainly;  anye —others;  yajantaḥ —worshiping;  mām —Me;  upāsate —worship;  ekatvena —in oneness; pṛthaktvena — in duality;  bahudhā —diversity; viśvataḥ-mukham —in the universal form.
TRANSLATION
Others, who are engaged in the cultivation of knowledge, worship the Supreme Lord as the one without a second, diverse in many, and in the universal form.
PURPORT
This verse is the summary of the previous verses. The Lord tells Arjuna that those who are purely in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and do not know anything other than Kṛṣṇa are called  mahātmā ; yet there are other persons who