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the benefits of  Bhagavad-gītā  because by the omnipotency of the Lord he achieves the transcendental bliss which vanquishes attachment and nullifies all concomitant material miseries. Only the devotee, by his factual experience, can understand the import of this verse spoken by Vidura. The pure devotee of the Lord enjoys life by constantly remembering the lotus feet of the Lord by hearing  Kṛṣṇa-kathā . For such a devotee there is no such thing as material existence, and the much advertised bliss of  brahmānanda  is like a fig for the devotee who is in the midst of the transcendental ocean of bliss.
TEXT 14
ताञ्छोच्यशोच्यानविदोऽनुशोचे  
 हरेः कथायां विमुखानघेन ।  
 क्षिणोति देवोऽनिमिषस्तु येषा-  
 मायुर्ध्यावादगतिस्पृतोनाम् ॥१४॥
tāñc chocya-śocyān avido 'nuśoce 
  hareḥ kathāyām vimukhān aghena 
  kṣiṇoti devo 'nimiṣas tu yeṣām 
  āyur vṛthā-vāda-gati-smṛtīnām
tān —all those;  śocya —pitiable;  śocyān —of the pitiable;  avidaḥ —ignorant;  anuśoce —I pity;  hareḥ —of the Lord;  kathāyām —to the topics of;  vimukhān —adverse;  aghena —because of sinful activities;  kṣiṇoti —decaying;  devaḥ —O sage;  animiṣaḥ —eternal time;  tu —but;  yeṣām —of whom;  āyuḥ —duration of life;  vṛthā —uselessly;  vāda —philosophical speculations;  gati —ultimate goal;  smṛtīnām —of those following different rituals.
TRANSLATION
O sage, persons who, because of their sinful activities, are adverse to the topics of Transcendence and thus are ignorant of the purpose of the Mahābhārata [Bhagavad-gītā] are pitied by the pitiable. I also pity them because I see how their duration of life is spoiled by eternal time while they involve themselves in presentations of philosophical speculation, theoretical ultimate goals of life, and different modes of ritual.
PURPORT
According to the modes of material nature, there are three kinds of relationships between human beings and the Supreme Personality of