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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 24]
Him as He is, but he also associates with the Personality of Godhead face to face.
TEXT 30
स्वीयं वाक्यमृतं कर्तुमवतीर्णोऽसि मे गृहे । चिकीर्षुर्मगवान् ज्ञानं भक्तानां मानवर्धनः ॥३०॥
svīyam vākyam ṛtam kartum avatīrṇo 'si me grhe cikīrṣur bhagavān jñānam bhaktānām māna-vardhanaḥ
svīyam—Your own; vākyam—words; ṛtam—true; kartum—to make; avatīrṇaḥ—descended; asi—You are; me grhe—in my house; cikīrṣuḥ—desirous to disseminate; bhagavān—the Personality of Godhead; jñānam—knowledge; bhaktānām—of the devotees; māna—the honor; vardhanaḥ—who increases.
TRANSLATION
Kardama Muni said: My dear Lord, You, who are always increasing the honor of Your devotees, have descended in my home just to fulfill Your word and disseminate the process of real knowledge.
PURPORT
When the Lord appeared before Kardama Muni after his mature  yoga  practice, He promised that He would become his son. He descended as the son of Kardama Muni in order to fulfill that promise. Another purpose of His appearance is  cikīrṣur bhagavān jñānam , to distribute knowledge. Therefore, He is called  bhaktānām māna-vardhanaḥ , He who increases the honor of His devotees. By distributing  sāṅkhya  He would increase the honor of the devotees; therefore,  sāṅkhya  philosophy is not dry mental speculation.  Sāṅkhya  philosophy means devotional service. How could the honor of the devotees be increased unless  sāṅkhya  were meant for devotional service? Devotees are not interested in speculative knowledge; therefore, the  sāṅkhya  enunciated by Kapila Muni is meant to establish one firmly in devotional service. Real knowledge and real liberation is to surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead and engage in devotional service.