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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 7 ]
development of knowledge for the purpose of knowing everything without rendering devotional service is considered fruitless labor, and one cannot get the desired result by such labor of love. Lord Vāsudeva is pleased by devotional service only, and thus His mercy is realized by association with pure devotees of the Lord. Pure devotees of the Lord are transcendental to all material desires, including the desire for the results of fruitive activities and philosophical speculation. If one wants to acquire the mercy of the Lord, he has to associate with pure devotees. Such association alone can, by degrees, release one from the quivering elements.
TEXT 13
यदेन्द्रियोपरामोऽथ द्रष्ट्रात्मनि परे हरौ । विलीयन्ते तदा क्लेशाः संसुप्तस्येव कृत्स्नशः ॥१३॥
yadendriyoparāmo 'tha draṣṭrātmani pare harau vilīyante tadā kleśāḥ saṁsuptasyeva kṛtsnaśaḥ
yadā—when; indriya—senses; uparāmaḥ—satiated; atha—thus; draṣṭa-ātmani—unto the seer, the Supersoul; pare—in the transcendence; harau—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vilīyante—becomes merged in; tadā—at that time; kleśāḥ—miseries; saṁsuptasya—one who has enjoyed sound sleep; iva—like; kṛtsnaśaḥ—in complete.
TRANSLATION
When the senses are satisfied in the seer-Supersoul, the Personality of Godhead, and merge in Him, all miseries are vanquished, as after a sound sleep.
PURPORT
The quivering of the living entity as described above is due to the senses. Since the entire material existence is meant for sense gratification, the senses are the medium of material activities, and they cause the quivering of the steady soul. Therefore, these senses are to be detached from all such material activities. According to the impersonalists the senses are stopped from work by merging the soul in the Supersoul Brahman. The devotees, however, do not stop the material senses from acting, but they engage