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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 2, Ch. 2]
after the Absolute Truth (Bg. 7.19) realize the importance of Vāsudeva realization as all in all after many, many births. As far as  yoga  systems are concerned, it is also said in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 6.47) that amongst the mystics who are after the Absolute Truth, the one who is always engaged in the service of the Lord is the greatest of all. And the last instruction in the  Bhagavad-gītā  (Bg. 18.66) advises fully surrendering unto the Lord, leaving aside all other engagements or different processes for self-realization and liberation from material bondage. And the purport of all Vedic literatures is to induce one to accept the transcendental loving service of the Lord by all means.
As it is already explained in the texts of  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam  (First Canto), either direct  bhakti-yoga  or the means which ultimately culminate in  bhakti-yoga , without any tinge of fruitive activity, constitute the highest form of religion. Everything else is simply a waste of time for the performer.
Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī and all other  ācāryas , like Jīva Gosvāmī, etc., agree that  bhakti-yoga  is not only easy, simple, natural and free from trouble, but that it is the only source of happiness for the human being.
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मगवान् ब्रह्म कात्स्न्येन त्रिरन्वीक्ष्य मनीषया । तदध्यवस्यत् कूटस्यो रतिरात्मन् यतो भवेत् ॥३४॥
bhagavān brahma kārtsnyena trir anvīkṣya manīṣayā tad adhyavasyat kūṭastho ratir ātman yato bhavet
bhagavān —the great personality Brahmā;  brahma —the  Vedas ;  kārtsnyena —by summarization;  triḥ —three times;  anvīkṣya —scrutinizingly examined;  manīṣayā —with scholarly attention;  tat —that;  adhyavasyat —ascertained it;  kūṭasthaḥ —with concentration of the mind;  ratiḥ —attraction;  ātman (ātmani) —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead Śrī Kṛṣṇa;  yataḥ —by which;  bhavet —it so happens.