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Bhāgavatam is the Answer
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stroyer, for there is His feature of  ānanda , or His pleasure feature. This pleasure feature of the Lord is understood by the pure devotees only, and not by others. The impersonalist is satisfied simply by understanding the all-pervasive influence of the Lord, called Brahman realization. Greater than the impersonalist is the mystic who sees the Lord situated in his heart as Paramātmā, the partial representation of the Lord. But there are pure devotees who take part in the direct pleasure ( ānanda ) potency of the Lord by factual reciprocation of loving service. The Lord in His abode called the Vaikuṇṭha planets, which are eternal manifestations, always remains with His associates and enjoys transcendental loving services by His pure devotees in different transcendental humors. The pure devotees of the Lord thus undergo a practice of that devotional service of the Lord during the manifestation of the creation and take full advantage of the manifestation by qualifying themselves to enter into the kingdom of God. The  Bhagavad-gītā  confirms this:
bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ tato mām tattvato jñātvā viśate tad anantaram.  (Bg. 18.55)
By development of pure devotional service one can know factually the Lord as He is and thus become trained in the bona fide service of the Lord and be allowed to enter into the direct association of the Lord in so many capacities. And the highest glorious association with the Lord is made possible in the planet of Goloka Vṛndāvana, where Lord Kṛṣṇa enjoys Himself with the  gopīs  and His favorite animals, the  surabhi  cows. Description of this transcendental land of Kṛṣṇa is given in the  Brahma-samhitā , considered by Lord Śrī Caitanya to be the most authentic literature in this connection.
TEXT 45
नास्य कर्मणि जन्मादौ परस्यानुविधोयते । कर्त्तव्यप्रतिषेधार्थं माययारोपितं हि तत् ॥४५॥
nāsya karmaṇi janmādau parasyānuvidhīyate kartṛtva-pratiṣedhārtham māyayāropitam hi tat