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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 25]
to worship only the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His different forms such as Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa, Sītā-Rāma and Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa. Thus he will never be cheated. By worshiping the demigods one may elevate himself to the higher planets, but during the dissolution of the material world, the deity and the abode of the deity will be destroyed. But one who worships the Supreme Personality of Godhead is promoted to the Vaikuṇṭha planet where there is no influence of time, destruction or annihilation. The conclusion is that the time influence cannot act upon devotees who have accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as everything.
TEXTS 39-40
इमं लोकं तथैवामुमात्मानमुभयायिनम् ।
आत्मानमनु ये चेह ये रायः पशवो गृहाः ॥३९॥
विसृज्य सर्वानन्यांश्च मामेवं विश्वतोमुखम् ।
भजन्त्यनन्यया भक्त्या तान्मृत्योरतिपारये ॥४०॥
imam lokam tathaivāmum
ātmānam ubhayāyinam
ātmānam anu ye ceha
ye rāyaḥ paśavo gṛhāḥ
viṣṛjya sarvān anyāmś ca
mām evam viśvato-mukham
bhajanty ananyayā bhaktyā
tān mṛtyor atipāraye
imam —this;  lokam —world;  tathā —accordingly;  eva —certainly;  amum —that world;  ātmānam —the subtle body;  ubhaya —in both;  ayinam —traveling;  ātmānam —the body;  anu —in relationship with;  ye —those who;  ca —also;  iha —in this world;  ye —that which;  rāyaḥ —wealth;  paśavaḥ —cattle;  gṛhāḥ —houses;  viṣṛjya —having given up;  sarvān —all;  anyān —other;  ca —and;  mām —Me;  evam —thus;  viśvataḥ-mukham —the all-pervading Lord of the universe;  bhajanti —they worship;  ananyayā —unflinching;  bhaktyā —by devotional service;  tān —them;  mṛtyoḥ —of death;  atipāraye —I take to the other side.
TRANSLATION
Thus the devotee who worships Me, the all-pervading Lord of the universe, in unflinching devotional service, gives up all aspirations to be