Ādi-līlā, Chapter 7
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and ultimately liberation from the material world. As stated by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, the highest perfection in life is to develop one's love for Kṛṣṇa ( premā pumartho mahān śrī-caitanya-mahāprabhor matam idam ). When we compare love of Godhead with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, we can understand that these achievements may be desirable objectives for  bubhukṣus , or those who desire to enjoy this material world, and  mumukṣus , or those who desire liberation from it, but they are very insignificant in the eyes of a pure devotee who has developed  bhāva , the preliminary stage of love of Godhead.
Dharma  (religiosity),  artha  (economic development),  kāma  (sense gratification) and  mokṣa  (liberation) are the four principles of religion which pertain to the material world. Therefore in the beginning of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  it is declared,  dharmaḥ projjhita-kaitavo'tra : cheating religious systems in terms of these four material principles are completely discarded from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , for  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  teaches only how to develop one's dormant love of God.  Bhagavad-gītā  is the preliminary study of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , and therefore it ends with the words,  sarva-dharmān parityajya mām ekaṁ śaraṇaṁ vraja : "Abandon all varieties of religion and just surrender unto Me." (Bg. 18.66) To adopt this means, one should reject all ideas of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation and fully engage in the service of the Lord, which is transcendental to these four principles. Love of Godhead is the original function of the spirit soul, and it is as eternal as the soul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This eternity is called  sanātana . When one revives his loving service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, it should be understood that he has been successful in achieving the desired goal of his life. At that time everything is automatically done by the mercy of the holy name, and the devotee automatically advances in his spiritual progress.
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পঞ্চম পুরুষার্থ -- প্রেমানন্দামৃতসিন্ধু ।
মোক্ষাদি আনন্দ যার নহে এক বিন্দু ॥ ৮৫ ॥
pañcama puruṣārtha—premānandāmṛta-sindhu mokṣādi ānanda yāra nahe eka bindu
SYNONYMS
pañcama —fifth;  puruṣa-artha —goal of life;  prema-ānanda —the spiritual bliss of love of Godhead;  amṛta —eternal;  sindhu —ocean;  mokṣa-ādi —liberation and other principles of religiosity;  ānanda —pleasures derived from them;  yāra —whose;  nahe —never comparable;  eka —one;  bindu —drop.
TRANSLATION
“For a devotee who has actually developed  bhāva , the pleasure derived from  dharma ,  artha ,  kāma  and  mokṣa  appears like a drop in the presence of the sea.