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The lord instructs Šrila Rūna Cosvāmī
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achievements of the  yogīs  are the eight material perfections such as  āṇuma ,  laghimā  and  prāpti . Yet these are nothing compared to the eternal bliss of the devotee who returns back to Godhead and tastes the fruit of devotional service to the lotus feet of the Lord. The material perfections up to the point of liberation are very insignificant in comparison; therefore the pure devotee is never interested in such things. His only interest is in perfecting his devotional service to the Lord. The pleasure of the impersonalist monist philosophers is condemned in the following verse, which is also found in Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s  Lalita-mādhava .
TEXT 165
ঋদ্ধা সিদ্ধিব্রজ-বিজয়িতা সত্যধর্ম। সমাধি-ব্রহ্মানন্দো গুরুরপি চমৎকারয়ত্যেব তাবৎ । যাবৎ প্রেম্ণাং মধুরিপু-বশীকার-সিদ্ধোষধীনাং গম্ধোহপ্যম্ভ:করণসরণী-পান্থতাং ন প্রযাতি ॥ ১৬৫
țddhā siddhi-vraja-vijayitā satya-dharmā samādhir brahmānando gurur api camatkārayaty eva tāvat yāvat premṇāṁ madhu-ripu-vaśīkāra-siddhauṣadhīnāṁ gandho 'py antaḥ-karaṇa-saraṇī-pānthatāṁ na prayāti
SYNONYMS
ṛḍdhā —excellent;  siddhi-vraja —of the groups of material perfections of the  yogīs  ( aṇimā ,  laghimā ,  prāpti  and so on);  vijayitā —the victory;  satya-dharmā —the religious principles of perfection ( satya ,  śama ,  titikṣā  and so on);  samādhiḥ —the yogic perfection of meditation;  brahma-ānandaḥ —the spiritually blissful life of the monist;  guruḥ —very high in material considerations;  api —although;  camatkārayati —they appear very important;  eva —only;  tāvat —that long;  yāvat —as long as;  premṇām —of love of Kṛṣṇa;  madhu-ripu —of Kṛṣṇa, the enemy of the Madhu demon;  vaśikāra —in the controlling;  siddha-auṣadhīnām —which is like perfect herbs that can control snakes;  gandhaḥ —a light fragrance;  api —even;  an-taḥ-karaṇa-saraṇī-pānthatām —a traveler on the path of the heart;  na prayāti —does not become.
TRANSLATION
“As long as there is not the slightest fragrance of pure love of Kṛṣṇa, which is the perfected medicinal herb for controlling Lord Kṛṣṇa within the heart, the opulences of material perfection—known as the siddhis, the brahminical perfections [satya, śama, titikṣā and so on], the trance of the yogīs and the monistic bliss of Brahman—all seem wonderful for men.