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Šri Caitanya  caritāmrtā
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and the other is called  nivṛtti-mārga . These are directions for enjoying the material world according to regulative principles and then giving up the material world for higher spiritual understanding. Sometimes one does not know whether to practice speculative knowledge or mystic yoga for advancement in spiritual knowledge. Kṛṣṇa explains to Uddhava that the mechanical process of speculative knowledge and yoga is not necessary for advancing in devotional service. Devotional service is completely spiritual; it has nothing to do with material things. It is awakened by hearing and chanting in the association of devotees. Because devotional service is always transcendental, it has nothing to do with material activity.
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এতে ন হ্ব্ভূতা ব্যাধ তবাহিংসাদয়ো গুণা: । হরিভক্ত্যেী প্রব্ত্তা যে ন তে স্ব্য: পরতাপিন: ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
ete na hy adbhutā vyādha tavāhiṁsādayo guṇāḥ hari-bhaktau pravṛttā ye na te syuḥ paratāpinaḥ
SYNONYMS
ete—all these;  na —not;  hi —certainly;  adbhutāḥ —wonderful;  vyādha —O hunter;  tava —your;  ahiṁsā-ādayaḥ —nonviolence and others;  guṇāḥ —qualities;  hari-bhaktau —in devotional service;  pravṛttāḥ —engaged;  ye —those who;  na —not;  te —they;  syuḥ —are;  paratāpinaḥ —envious of other living entities.
TRANSLATION
“‘O hunter, good qualities like nonviolence, which you have developed, are not very astonishing, for those who are engaged in the Lord’s devotional service are never inclined to give pain to others because of envy.’
PURPORT
This is a quotation from the  Skanda Purāṇa .
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বৈধৌভক্তি-সাধনের কহিন্তুঁ বিবরণ । রাগানুগা-ভক্তির লক্ষণ শুন, সনাতন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
vaidhī-bhakti-sādhanera kahiluṅ vivaraṇa rāgānugā-bhaktira lakṣaṇa śuna, sanātana