1214
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 28]
Supreme Personality of Godhead in devotional service is fully developed, he always sees the Lord, even without artificially meditating on His form. His vision is divine because he has no other engagement. At this stage of spiritual realization it is not necessary to engage the mind artificially. Since the meditation which is recommended in the lower stages is a means to come to the platform of devotional service, those who are already engaged in the transcendental loving service of the Lord are above such meditation. This stage of perfection is called Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
TEXT 35
मुक्ताश्रयं यर्हि निर्विषयं विरक्तं निर्वाणमृच्छति मनः सहसा यथार्चिः। आत्मानमत्र पुरुषोऽन्यवधानमेक- मन्वीक्षते प्रतिनिश्चत्तगुणश्रवाहः ॥३५॥
muktāśrayam yarhi nirviṣayam viraktam nirvāṇam ṛcchati manaḥ sahasā yathārciḥ ātmānam atra puruṣo 'vyavadhānam ekam anvīkṣate pratinivṛtta-guṇa-pravāhaḥ
mukta-āśrayam—situated in liberation; yarhi—at which time; nirviṣayam—detached from sense objects; viraktam—indifferent; nirvāṇam—extinction; ṛcchati—obtains; manaḥ—the mind; sahasā—immediately; yathā—like; arciḥ—the flame; ātmānam—the mind; atra—at this time; puruṣaḥ—a person; avyavadhānam—without separation; ekam—one; anvīkṣate—experiences; pratinivṛtta—freed; guṇa-pravāhaḥ—from the flow of material qualities.
TRANSLATION
When the mind is thus completely freed from all material contamination and detached from material objectives, it is just like the flame of a lamp. At that time the mind is actually dovetailed with that of the Supreme Lord and is experienced as one with Him because it is freed from the interactive flow of the material qualities.
PURPORT
In the material world the activities of the mind are acceptance and rejection. As long as the mind is in material consciousness, it must be