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Krṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead
there in the  Bhagavad-gītā , and in the  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  the statement of the great sage Nārada is there, and here also the demigods confirm it. “Persons who have not taken to devotional service are understood to have come short of the ultimate purpose of knowledge and are not favored by Your grace.” The impersonalists simply  think  that they are liberated, but actually they have no feeling for the Personality of Godhead. They think that when Krṣṇa comes into the material world, he accepts a material body. They therefore overlook the transcendental body of Krṣṇa. This is also confirmed in the  Bhagavad-gītā .  Avajānanti mām mūḍhāḥ . In spite of conquering material lust and rising up to the point of liberation, the impersonalists fall down. If they are engaged just in knowing things for the sake of knowledge and do not take to the devotional service of the Lord, they cannot achieve the desired result. Their achievement is the trouble they take, and that is all. It is clearly stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  that to realize Brahman identification is not all. Brahman identification may help one become joyful without material attachment or detachment and to achieve the platform of equanimity, but after this stage, one has to take to devotional service. When one takes to devotional service after being elevated to the platform of Brahman realization, he is then admitted into the spiritual kingdom for permanent residence in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the result of devotional service. Those who are devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead never fall down like the impersonalists. Even if the devotees fall down, they remain affectionately attached to their Lordship. They can meet all kinds of obstacles on the path of devotional service, and freely, without any fear, they can surmount such obstacles. Because of their surrender, they are certain that Krṣṇa will always protect them. As it is promised by Krṣṇa in the  Bhagavad-gītā : “My devotees are never vanquished.”
“Our dear Lord, You have appeared in Your original unalloyed form, the eternal form of goodness, for the welfare of all living entities within this material world. Taking advantage of Your appearance, all of them can now very easily understand the nature and form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Persons who belong to the four divisions of the social order (the  brahmacārīs , the  grhasthas , the  vānaprasthas  and the  sannyāsīs ) can all take advantage of Your appearance.
“Dear Lord, husband of the goddess of fortune, devotees who are devoted in Your service do not fall down from their high position like the impersonalists. Being protected by You, the devotees are able to traverse over the heads of many of  māyā ’s commanders-in-chief, who can always put stumbling blocks on the path of liberation. My dear Lord, You