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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 10, Ch. 8]
Godhead. Here we see that mother Yaśodā is on the highest stage of necessity, for she is completely absorbed in love for Kṛṣṇa.
In the beginning, the Vedic purpose is pursued in three ways ( trayī )—by  karma-kāṇḍa ,  jñāna-kāṇḍa  and  upāsanā-kāṇḍa . When one reaches the complete, perfect stage of  upāsanā-kāṇḍa , one comes to worship Nārāyaṇa, or Lord Viṣṇu. When Pārvatī asked Lord Mahādeva, Lord Śiva, what is the best method of  upāsanā , or worship, Lord Śiva answered,  ārādhanānāṁ sarveṣāṁ viṣṇor ārādhanaṁ param. Viṣṇū-pāsanā , or  viṣṇv-ārādhana , worship of Lord Viṣṇu, is the highest stage of perfection, as realized by Devakī. But here mother Yaśodā performs no  upāsanā , for she has developed transcendental ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Therefore her position is better than that of Devakī. In order to show this, Śrīla Vyāsadeva enunciates this verse,  trayyā copaniṣadbhiḥ  etc.
When a human being enters into the study of the  Vedas  to obtain  vidyā , knowledge, he begins to take part in human civilization. Then he advances further to study the  Upaniṣads  and gain  brahma-jñāna , impersonal realization of the Absolute Truth, and then he advances still further, to  sāṅkhya-yoga , in order to understand the supreme controller, who is indicated in  Bhagavad-gītā  ( paraṁ brahma paraṁ dhāma pavitraṁ paramaṁ bhavān/ puruṣaṁ śāśvatam ). When one understands that  puruṣa , the supreme controller, to be Paramātmā, one is engaged in the method of  yoga  ( dhyānāvasthita-tad-gatena manasā paśyanti yaṁ yoginaḥ ). But mother Yaśodā has surpassed all these stages. She has come to the platform of loving Kṛṣṇa as her beloved child, and therefore she is accepted to be on the highest stage of spiritual realization. The Absolute Truth is realized in three features ( brahmeti paramātmeti bhagavān iti śabdyate ), but she is in such ecstasy that she does not care to understand what is Brahman, what is Paramātmā or what is Bhagavān. Bhagavān has personally descended to become her beloved child. Therefore there is no comparison to mother Yaśodā's good fortune, as declared by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu ( ramyā kācid upāsanā vrajavadhū-vargeṇa yā kalpitā ). The Absolute Truth, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, may be realized in different stages. As the Lord says in  Bhagavad-gītā  (4.11):
ye yathā māṁ prapadyante tāṁs tathaiva bhajāmy aham