Text 11] Pure Devotional Service: The Change in Heart
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TEXT 11
एतारानेव यजतामिह निःश्रेयसोदयः । भगवत्यचक्रो भारो यद् भागरतसंगतः ॥११॥
etāvān eva yajatām iha niḥśreyasodayaḥ bhagavaty acalo bhāvo yad bhāgavata-saṅgataḥ
etāvān —all these different kinds of worshipers;  eva —certainly;  yajatām —while worshiping;  iha —in this life;  niḥśreyasa —highest benediction;  udayaḥ —development;  bhagavati —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  acalaḥ —unflinching;  bhāvaḥ —spontaneous attraction;  yat —which;  bhāgavata —pure devotee of the Lord;  saṅgataḥ —association.
TRANSLATION
All the different kinds of worshipers of multi-demigods can attain the highest perfectional benediction, which is spontaneous attraction unflinchingly fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead, only by the association of the pure devotee of the Lord.
PURPORT
All living entities within the material creation, beginning from the first demigod Brahmā down to the small ant in different statuses of life, are conditioned under the law of material nature or the external energy of the Supreme Lord. The living entity in his pure state is conscious of the fact that he is a part and parcel of the Lord, but when he is thrown into the material world on account of his desire to lord it over material energy, he becomes conditioned by the three modes of material nature and thus struggles for existence for the highest benefit. This struggle for existence is something like following the will-o'-the-wisp under the spell of material enjoyment. All plans of material enjoyment, either by worship of different demigods as described in the previous verses of this chapter or by modernized advancement of scientific knowledge without the help of God or demigod, are illusory only because, despite all such plans for happiness, the conditioned living being within the compass of material creation can never