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Conversation Between Manu and Kardama
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The ultimate goal is described here: Kardama Muni saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His eternal form. Devotional service begins with the relationship of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul, or Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa's devotees, and when one attains it there is no question of falling down. If, through the  yoga  system, one wants to attain the stage of seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead face to face, but is attracted instead to attainment of some material power, then he is detoured from proceeding further. Material enjoyment, as encouraged by  bogus yogīs , has nothing to do with the transcendental realization of spiritual happiness. Real devotees of  bhakti-yoga  accept only the material necessities of life absolutely needed to maintain the body and soul together; they refrain completely from all exaggerated material sense gratification. They are prepared to undergo all kinds of tribulation, provided they can make progress in the realization of the Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 13
ऋषिरुवाच
जुष्टं
बताद्याखिलसत्त्वराशेः
सांसिद्ध्यमक्ष्णोस्तव
दर्शनान्नः ।
यदर्शनं
जन्मभिरीख्य
सद्भि-
राशासते
योगिनो
रूढयोगाः ॥१३॥
ṛṣir uvāca
juṣṭam batādyākhila-sattva-rāśeḥ
sāmsiddhyam akṣṇos tava darśanān naḥ
yad-darśanam janmabhir īḍya sadbhir
āśāsate yogino rūḍha-yogāḥ
ṛṣiḥ uvāca —the great sage said;  juṣṭam —is attained;  bata —ah;  adya —now;  akhila —all;  sattva —of goodness;  rāśeḥ —who are the reservoir;  sāmsiddhyam —the complete success;  akṣṇoḥ —of the two eyes;  tava —of You;  darśanāt —from the sight;  naḥ —by us;  yat —of whom;  darśanam —sight;  janmabhiḥ —through births;  īḍya —O worshipable Lord;  sadbhiḥ —gradually elevated in position;  āśāsate —aspire;  yoginaḥ — yogīs ;  rūḍha-yogāḥ —having attained perfection in  yoga .
TRANSLATION
The great sage Kardama Muni said: O supreme worshipful Lord, my power of sight is now fulfilled, having attained the greatest perfection of