Text 35]
Explanation of Devotional Service
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Because the Supreme Lord is present, however, a pure devotee accepts each body as the temple of the Lord, and since the devotee offers respect to such temples in full knowledge, he gives respect to every living entity in relationship with the Lord. Māyāvādī philosophers wrongly think that because the Supreme Person has entered the body of a poor man, the Supreme Lord has therefore become  daridra-nārāyaṇa , or poor Nārāyaṇa. These are all blasphemous statements of atheists and non-devotees.
TEXT 35
भक्तियोगश्च योगश्च मया मानव्युदीरितः ।
ययोरेकतरेणैव पुरुषः पुरुषं ब्रजेत् ॥३५॥
bhakti-yogaś ca yogaś ca mayā mānavy udīritaḥ yayor ekatareṇaiva puruṣaḥ puruṣaṁ vrajet
bhakti-yogaḥ—devotional service; ca—and; yogaḥ—mystic yoga; ca—also; mayā—by Me; mānavi—O daughter of Manu; udīritaḥ—described; yayoḥ—of which two; ekatareṇa—by either one; eva—alone; puruṣaḥ—a person; puruṣam—the Supreme Person; vrajet—can achieve.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, O daughter of Manu, a devotee who applies the science of devotional service and mystic yoga in this way can achieve the abode of the Supreme Person simply by that devotional service.
PURPORT
Herein the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kapiladeva perfectly explains that the mystic  yoga  system, consisting of eight different kinds of  yoga  activities, has to be performed with the aim of coming to the perfectional stage of  bhakti-yoga . It is not acceptable for one to be satisfied simply by practicing the sitting postures and thinking himself complete. By meditation one must attain to the stage of devotional service. As previously described, a  yogī  is advised to meditate on the form of Lord Viṣṇu, from point to point, from the ankles, to the legs, to the knees, to the thighs, to the chest, to the neck, and in this way gradually