Text 163]
The Process of Devotional Service
425
of these attitudes of spontaneous love according to their choice are considered to be on the path of spontaneous loving service.
TEXT 162
ন কহ্‌চিন্মংপরাঃ শাস্তক্নপে    
 
    
  নজ্ঞ্যান্তি নে। মেহনিমিষে। লেঢ়ি হেতিঃ ।   
 
    
  যেষামহং প্রিয় আত্ম। স্বতশ্চ   
 
    
  সখ। গুরুঃ স্বদ্বদে। দৈবমিষ্টম্ ॥ ১৬২ ॥
na karhicin mat-parāḥ śānta-rūpe naṅkṣyanti no me ‘nimiṣo leḍhi hetiḥ yeṣām ahaṁ priya ātmā sutaś ca sakhā guruḥ suhṛdo daivam iṣṭam
SYNONYMS
na —not;  karhicit —at any time;  mat-parāḥ —devotees of Me;  śānta-rūpe —O mother, the symbol of peacefulness;  naṅkṣyanti —will perish;  no —nor;  me —My;  animiṣaḥ —time;  leḍhi —licks up (destroys);  hetiḥ —weapon;  yeṣām —of whom;  aham —I;  priyaḥ —dear;  ātmā —the Supersoul;  sutaḥ —the son;  ca —and;  sakhā —friend;  guruḥ —spiritual master;  suhṛdaḥ —well-wisher;  daivam —the Deity;  iṣṭam —chosen.
TRANSLATION
“ My dear mother, Devahūti! O emblem of peace! My weapon, the disc of time, never vanquishes those for whom I am very dear, for whom I am the Supersoul, the son, friend, spiritual master, well-wisher, worshipable Deity and desired goal. Since the devotees are always attached to Me, they are never vanquished by the agents of time. ”
PURPORT
This was spoken by Kapiladeva to His mother Devahūti and is recorded in  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (3.25.38). Kapiladeva instructed His mother in  sāṅkhya-yoga , but the importance of  bhakti-yoga  is mentioned here. Later  sāṅhkya-yoga  was imitated by atheists, whose system was founded by a different Kapiladeva, Rṣi Kapiladeva.
TEXT 163
পতিপত্রস্বদ্বন্দ্রাতৃপিতৃবন্মিত্রবদ্ধরিম্ ।