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Šri Caitanya-caritāmrta
[[Madhva-lilā Ch 24]
TRANSIATION
“Characteristically, one in devotional service is attracted away from the impersonal Brahman platform. He is offered a transcendental body to engage in Lord Krsna’s service.
TEXT 1111
ভক্তদেহ পাইলৈ হয় গুণের স্মরণ ।
গুণাকষ্ট হওগ করে নির্মল ভজন ॥ ১১১ ॥
bhakta-deha pāile haya guṇera smaraṇa gunākrṣta hañā kare nirmala bhajana
SYNONYMS
bhakta-deha —the body of a devotee;  pāile —when one gets;  haya —there is;  guṇera smaraṇa —remembrance of the transcendental qualities;  guṇa-ākṛṣṭa hañā —being attracted by the transcendental qualities;  kare —performs;  nirmala bhajana —pure devotional service.
TRANSLATION
“When one gets a devotee’s spiritual body, he can remember the transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa. Simply by being attracted to Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental qualities, one becomes a pure devotee engaged in His service.
PURPORT
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Țhākura has given the following summary of verses 107-111. Transcendentalists on the path of philosophical speculation can be divided into two categories—the pure worshiper of impersonal Brahman and he who wishes to merge into the existence of impersonal Brahman. When one is fully absorbed in the thought that one is not different from the Supreme Absolute Truth, one is said to be a worshiper of the impersonal Brahman. The impersonal worshipers of Brahman can again be divided into three categories—(1)  sādhaka , those who are nearing perfect execution of the process of Brahman realization; (2) those who are fully absorbed in meditation on Brahman; and (3) those who are on the  brahma-bhūta  platform and have no relationship with material existence. Even though the worshiper of impersonal Brahman can be highly advanced, he cannot attain liberation without discharging devotional service. Anyone who has realized himself as spirit soul can engage in devotional service. This is the verdict of  Bhagavad-gītā :