Texts 28-29]
Understanding Material Nature
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span of life, such as on Brahmaloka. These are material desires, but because a mixed devotee engages in the service of the Lord, ultimately, after many, many lives of material enjoyment, he undoubtedly develops Kṛṣṇa consciousness, and the symptom of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness is that he is no longer interested in any sort of materially elevated life. He does not even aspire to become a personality like Lord Brahmā.
TEXTS 28-29
मद्भक्तः प्रतिबुद्धार्थो मत्प्रसादेन भूयसा ।
निःश्रेयसं स्वसंस्थानं कैवल्याख्यं मदाश्रयम् ॥२८॥
प्राप्नोतीहाञ्जसा धीरः स्वदृशाच्छिन्नसंशयः ।
यद्गत्वा न निवर्तेत योगी लिङ्गाद्विनिर्गमे ॥२९॥
mad-bhaktaḥ pratibuddhārtho mat-prasādena bhūyasā niḥśreyasam sva-saṁsthānam kaivalyākhyam mad-āśrayam
prāpnotihāñjasā dhīraḥ sva-dṛśā cchinna-saṁśayaḥ yad gatvā na nivarteta yogī liṅgād vinirgame
mat-bhaktaḥ—My devotee; pratibuddha-arthaḥ—self-realized; mat-prasādena—by My causeless mercy; bhūyasā—unlimited; niḥśreyasam—the ultimate perfectional goal; sva-saṁsthānam—his abode; kaivalyā-ākhyam—called kaivalya; mat-āśrayam—under My protection; prāpnoti—attains; iha—in this life; añjasā—truly; dhīraḥ—steady; sva-dṛśā—by knowledge of the self; chinna-saṁśayaḥ—freed from doubts; yat—to that abode; gatvā—having gone; na—never; nivarteta—comes back; yogī—the mystic devotee; liṅgāt—from the subtle and gross material bodies; vinirgame—after departing.
TRANSLATION
My devotee actually becomes self-realized by My unlimited causeless mercy, and thus, when freed from all doubts, he steadily progresses towards his destined abode, which is directly under the protection of My spiritual