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Şرې Calitanya  caritāmuta
[[Madhya-lila]] Ch 8
adopts. A general example is given. If one wishes to arrive at a certain place, there are many roads leading there, and one can go to that place by any one of these roads. Similarly, these gross materialists say that there are different ways to attain the favor of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They claim that one can conceive of the Supreme Personality of Godhead as goddess Durgā, goddess Kālī, Lord Śiva, demigod Gaṇeśa, Lord Rāmacandra, Kṛṣṇa, impersonal Brahman or whatever, and one can chant the Lord’s name in any way and in any form and ultimately become one. Such materialists claim that the result is the same. They also say that a man may have different names, but he will answer if called by any one of them. Therefore they claim that there is no need to chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra . If one chants the name of Kālī, Durgā, Śiva, Gaṇeśa or anyone else, the result will be the same. Such claims made by mental speculators are no doubt very pleasing to mental speculators, but those who are actually in knowledge do not admit such conclusions, which are against the authority of the  śāstras . A bona fide  ācārya  will certainly not accept such a conclusion. As Kṛṣṇa clearly states in  Bhagavad-gītā :
yānti deva-vratā devān 
    pitṝn yānti pitṛ-vratāḥ 
    bhūtāni yānti bhūtejyā 
    yānti mad-yājino ‘pi mām
“Those who worship the demigods will take birth among the demigods; those who worship ghosts and spirits will take birth among such beings; those who worship ancestors go to the ancestors; and those who worship Me will live with Me.” (Bg. 9.25)
Only the devotees of the Lord can be admitted to His kingdom—not the demigod worshipers,  karmīs ,  yogīs , or anyone else. A person who desires elevation to the heavenly planets worships various demigods, and material nature may be pleased to offer such devotees their desired positions. Consequently material nature gives one one's own nature by which he increases affection for different types of demigods. However,  Bhagavad-gītā  says that demigod worship is meant for men who have lost all their intelligence.
kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ prapadyante ’nya-devatāḥ taṁ taṁ niyamam āsthāya prakṛtyā niyatāḥ svayā
“Those whose minds are distorted by material desires surrender unto demigods and follow the particular rules and regulations of worship according to their own natures.” (Bg. 7.20)