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The Yoga of the Supreme Person
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because he is engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. He has ended all preliminary processes of understanding; similarly, if anyone, after speculating for hundreds of thousands of lives, does not come to the point that Kṛṣṇa is the Supreme Personality of Godhead and that one has to surrender there, all his speculation for so many years and lives is a useless waste of time.
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इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रमिदमुक्तं मयाऽनघ । एतद्दृष्ट्वा बुद्धिमान्स्यात्कृतकृत्यश्च भारत ॥२०॥
iti guhyatamaṁ śāstram  
 idam uktaṁ mayānagha  
 etad buddhvā buddhimān syāt  
 kṛta-kṛtyaś ca bhārata
iti —thus;  guhyatamam —the most confidential;  śāstram —revealed scriptures;  idam —this;  uktam —disclosed;  mayā —by Me;  anagha —O sinless one;  etat —this;  buddhvā —understanding;  buddhimān —intelligent;  syāt —one becomes;  kṛta-kṛtyaḥ —the most perfect;  ca —and;  bhārata —O son of Bharata.
TRANSLATION
This is the most confidential part of the Vedic scriptures, O sinless one, and it is disclosed now by Me. Whoever understands this will become wise, and his endeavors will know perfection.
PURPORT
The Lord clearly explains here that this is the substance of all revealed scriptures. And one should understand this as it is given by the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Thus one will become intelligent and perfect in transcendental knowledge. In other words, by understanding this philosophy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engaging in His transcendental service, everyone can become freed from all contaminations of the modes of material nature. Devotional service is a process of spiritual understanding. Wherever devotional service exists, the material contamination cannot coexist. Devotional service to the Lord and the Lord Himself