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The Glories of Devotional Service
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out knowledge, one cannot have realization. The realization that one is the infinitesimal part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit makes him unattached to material conditional life. That is the beginning of devotional service. Unless one is liberated from material contamination, one cannot engage himself in the devotional service of the Lord. In this verse, therefore, it is stated,  jñāna-vairāgya-yuktena : When one is in full knowledge of one's constitutional position and is in the renounced order of life, detached from material attraction, then by pure devotional service,  bhakti-yuktena , he can engage himself as a loving servant of the Lord.  Paripaśyati  means that he can see everything in its right perspective. Then the influence of material nature becomes almost nil. This is also confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā .  Brahma-bhūtaḥ prasannātmā : When one is self-realized he becomes happy and free from the influence of material nature, and at that time he is freed from lamentation and hankering. The Lord states that position as  mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām , the real state of beginning devotional service. Similarly, it is confirmed in the  Nārada-pañcarātra  that when the senses are purified they can then be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord. One who is attached to material contamination cannot be a devotee.
TEXT 19
न युज्यमानया भक्त्या भगवत्यविलात्मनि ।
सदृशोऽस्ति शिवः पन्था योगिनां ब्रह्मसिद्धये ॥१९॥
na yujyamānayā bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani sadṛśo 'sti śivaḥ panthā yogināṁ brahma-siddhaye
na—not; yujyamānayā—being performed; bhaktyā—devotional service; bhagavati—towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akhila-ātmani—the Supersoul; sadṛśaḥ—like; asti—there is; śivaḥ—auspicious; panthāḥ—path; yoginām—of the yogīs; brahma-siddhaye—for perfection in self-realization.
TRANSLATION
Perfection in self-realization cannot be attained by any kind of yogī unless he engages in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, because that is the only auspicious path.