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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 2]
Lord of all I survey” does not arise there. In the material world the false ego of the living being trying to lord it over the material nature is something like the moth’s falling in the blazing fire. The moth is captivated by the glaring beauty of the fire, and when he comes to enjoy it, the blazing fire consumes him. In the transcendental state the living being is pure in his consciousness, and as such he has no false ego to lord it over the material nature, but his pure consciousness dictates him to surrender unto the Supreme Lord, as stated in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (7.19): “ vāsudevaḥ sarvam iti sa mahātmā sudurlabhaḥ .” All this indicates that on the transcendental state there is neither material creation nor the Causal Ocean for material nature.
The above-mentioned state of affairs is factual on the transcendental plane, but is factually revealed in a transcendentalist’s knowledge of the advanced state of pure consciousness. Such transcendentalists are of two types, namely the impersonalists and the devotees. For the impersonalist the ultimate goal or destination is the  brahmajyoti  of the spiritual sky, but for the devotees the ultimate goal is the Vaikuṇṭha planets. The devotees, however, experience the above-mentioned state of affairs by attainment of spiritual forms for activity in the transcendental loving service of the Lord. But the impersonalist, because of his neglecting the association of the Lord, does not develop a spiritual body for spiritual activity, but remains a spiritual spark only, merged in the effulgent spiritual rays of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is the full-fledged form of eternity, bliss and knowledge, but the formless  brahmajyoti  is simply eternity and knowledge. The Vaikuṇṭha planets are also forms of eternity, bliss and knowledge, and therefore the devotees of the Lord, who are admitted in the abode of the Lord, also get a body of eternity, bliss and knowledge. As such there is no difference between one another. The Lord’s abode, name, fame, entourage, etc., are of the same transcendental quality, and how this transcendental quality differs from the material world is explained herewith in this verse. In the  Bhagavad-gītā , three principal subjects have been explained by Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, namely  karma-yoga ,  jñāna-yoga  and  bhakti-yoga , but one can reach the Vaikuṇṭha planets by the practice of  bhakti-yoga  only. The other two are incompetent in helping one to reach the Vaikuṇṭhalokas, although they can, however, conveniently take one to the effulgent  brahmajyoti , as described above.