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The lord instructs Sanātana Cosvāmī in the lord's presence.
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SYNONYMS
pūrva-dike —on the eastern side;  tāte —there;  māṭi —the dirt;  alpa —small quantity;  khudite —digging;  dhanera —of the treasure;  jhāri —the pot;  paḍibeka —you will get;  tomāra —your;  hātete —in the hands.
TRANSLATION
“‘However, if you dig up a small quantity of dirt on the eastern side, your hands will immediately touch the pot of treasure.’
PURPORT
The Vedic literatures, including the  Purāṇas , state that according to the position of the conditioned soul, there are different processes— karma-kāṇḍa ,  jñāna-kāṇḍa , the yogic process and the  bhakti-yoga  process.  Karma-kāṇḍa  is compared to wasps and drones that will simply bite if one takes shelter of them.  Jñāna-kāṇḍa , the speculative process, is simply like a ghost who creates mental disturbances. Yoga, the mystic process, is compared to a black snake that devours people by the impersonal cultivation of  kaivalya . However, if one takes to  bhakti-yoga , he becomes quickly successful. In other words, through  bhakti-yoga , one's hands touch the hidden treasure without difficulty.
Therefore it is said in  Bhagavad-gītā :  vedaiś ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ . One has to take to devotional service. Although the  Vedas  enjoin one to search out Kṛṣṇa and take shelter at His lotus feet, other Vedic processes will not help. According to  Bhagavad-gītā , only the  bhakti  process is said to be definitive.  Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti . This is the conclusive statement of the  Vedas , and one has to accept this process if one is serious in searching for Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead. In this connection, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura gives the following statement. The eastern side represents devotional service to Lord Kṛṣṇa. The southern side represents the process of fruitive activity ( karma-kāṇḍa ), which ends in material gain. The western side represents  jñāna-kāṇḍa , the process of mental speculation, sometimes called  siddhi-kāṇḍa . The northern side represents the speculative method sometimes known as the mystic  yoga  system. It is only the eastern side, devotional service, that enables one to attain life's real goal. On the southern side, there are fruitive activities by which one is subject to the punishment of Yamarāja. When one follows the system of fruitive activity, his material desires remain prominent. Consequently the results of this process are compared to wasps and drones. The living entity is bitten by the wasps and drones of fruitive activity and thus suffers in material existence birth after birth. One cannot be free from material desires by following this process. The propensity for material enjoyment never ends. Ther
The mystic yoga process is compared to a black snake that devours the living entity and injects him with poison. The ultimate goal of the yoga system is to be-