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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 9]
This verse is also applicable to the  jñānī  school. The enlightened  jñānī , when free from all material contaminations, namely the gross and subtle bodies together with the senses of the material modes of nature, is placed in the Supreme and is thus liberated from material bondage. The  jñānīs  and the devotees are actually in agreement up to the point of liberation from material contamination. But whereas the  jñānīs  remain pacified on the platform of simple understanding, the devotees develop further spiritual advancement in loving service. The devotees develop a spiritual individuality in their spontaneous service attitude, which is enhanced on and on, up to the point of  mādhurya-rasa , or transcendental loving service reciprocated between the lover and the beloved.
TEXT 34
नानाकर्मवितानेन प्रजा बह्वीः सिद्धतः । नात्यावसीदत्यस्यिंस्ते वर्षोयान्मदनुग्रहः ॥३४॥
nānā-karma-vitānena   prajā bahvīḥ siṣṛkṣataḥ   nātmāvasīdaty asmiṁs te   varṣīyān mad-anugrahaḥ
nānā-karma —varieties of service;  vitānena —by expansion of;  prajāḥ —population;  bahvīḥ —innumerable;  siṣṛkṣataḥ —desiring to increase;  na —never;  ātmā —self;  avasīdati —will be bereaved;  asmin —in the matter;  te —of you;  varṣīyān —always increasing;  mat —My;  anugrahaḥ —causeless mercy.
TRANSLATION
Since you have desired to increase the population innumerably and expand your varieties of service, you shall never be deprived in this matter because My causeless mercy upon you will always increase for all time.
PURPORT
A pure devotee of the Lord, being cognizant of the facts of the particular time, object and circumstances, always desires to expand the number of devotees of the Lord in various ways. Such expansions of transcendental service may appear to be material to the materialist, but factually they are expansions of the causeless mercy of the Lord towards the devotee. Plans for such activities may appear to be material activities, but they are different in potency, being engaged in the satisfaction of the transcendental senses of the Supreme.