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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 27]
to understand the Supreme Person as He is, his activities may thus appear to be like those of a mental speculator, but actually he is trying to understand the spiritual nature and transcendental activities. Thus although the tendency for philosophical speculation exists, the material effects of fruitive activities and empiric speculation do not, because this activity is meant for the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
TEXT 24
भुक्तभोगा परित्यक्ता दृष्टदोषा च नित्यशः ।
नेश्वरस्याशुभं धत्ते स्वे महिम्नि स्थितस्य च ॥२४॥
bhukta-bhogā parityaktā dṛṣṭa-doṣā ca nityaśaḥ neśvarasyāśubhaṁ dhatte sve mahimni sthitasya ca
bhukta—enjoyed; bhogā—enjoyment; parityaktā—given up; dṛṣṭa—discovered; doṣā—faultiness; ca—and; nityaśaḥ—always; na—not; īśvarasya—of the independent; aśubham—harm; dhatte—she inflicts; sve mahimni—in his own glory; sthitasya—situated; ca—and.
TRANSLATION
By discovering the faultiness of his desiring to lord it over material nature and by therefore giving it up, the living entity becomes independent and stands in his own glory.
PURPORT
Because the living entity is not actually the enjoyer of the material resources, his attempt to lord it over material nature is, at the ultimate issue, frustrated. As a result of frustration he desires more power than the ordinary living entity and thus wants to merge into the existence of the supreme enjoyer. In this way he develops a plan for greater enjoyment.
When one is actually situated in devotional service, that is his independent position. Less intelligent men cannot understand the position of the eternal servant of the Lord. Because the word “servant” is used, they become confused; they cannot understand that this servitude is not the servitude of this material world. To be the servant of the Lord is the