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The Glories of Devotional Service
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TEXT 13
श्रीभगवानुवाच
योग आध्यात्मिकः पुंसां मतो निःश्रेयसाय मे।
अत्यन्तोपरतिर्यत्र दुःखस्य च सुखस्य च ॥१३॥
śrī bhagavān uvāca 
  yoga ādhyātmikaḥ puṁsāṁ 
  mato niḥśreyasāya me 
  atyantoparatir yatra 
  duḥkhasya ca sukhasya ca
śrī bhagavān uvāca—the Personality of Godhead said; yogaḥ—the yoga system; ādhyātmikaḥ—relating to the soul; puṁsāṁ—of living entities; mataḥ—is approved; niḥśreyasāya—for the ultimate benefit; me—by Me; atyanta—complete; uparatiḥ—detachment; yatra—where; duḥkhasya—from distress; ca—and; sukhasya—from happiness; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
The Personality of Godhead answered:  The yoga system which relates to the Lord and the individual soul, which is meant for the ultimate benefit of the living entity, and which causes detachment from all happiness and distress in the material world, is the highest yoga system.
PURPORT
In the material world, everyone is trying to get some material happiness, but as soon as we get some material happiness, there is also material distress. In the material world one cannot have unadulterated happiness. Any kind of happiness one has is contaminated by distress also. For example, if we want to drink milk then we have to bother to maintain a cow and keep her fit to supply milk. Drinking milk is very nice; it is also pleasure. But for the sake of drinking milk one has to accept so much trouble. The yoga system, as here stated by the Lord, is meant to end all material happiness and material distress. The best yoga, as taught in  Bhagavad-gītā  by Kṛṣṇa, is  bhakti-yoga . It is also mentioned in the  Gītā  that one should try to be tolerant and not be disturbed by material happiness or distress. Of course, one may say that he is not disturbed by material happiness, but he does not know that just after one enjoys so-