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Explanation of Devotional Service
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that factually there is no difference between  yoga  and  bhakti-yoga  because the target of both is Viṣṇu. In the modern age, however, a  yoga  process has been manufactured which aims at something void and impersonal. Actually,  yoga  means meditation on the form of Lord Viṣṇu. If the  yoga  practice is actually performed according to the standard direction, there is no difference between  yoga  and  bhakti-yoga .
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एतद्वगवतो रूपं ब्रह्मणः परमात्मनः । परं प्रधानं पुरुषं देवं कर्मविचेष्टितम् ॥३६॥
etad bhagavato rūpam brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ param pradhānam puruṣam daivam karma-viceṣṭitam
etat —this;  bhagavataḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  rūpam —form;  brahmaṇaḥ —of Brahman;  paramātmanaḥ —of Paramātmā;  param —transcendental;  pradhānam —chief;  puruṣam —personality;  daivam —spiritual;  karma-viceṣṭitam —whose activities.
TRANSLATION
This  puruṣa  whom the individual soul must approach is the eternal form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is known as Brahman and Paramātmā. He is the transcendental chief personality, and His activities are all spiritual.
PURPORT
In order to distinguish the personality whom the individual soul must approach, it is described herein that this  puruṣa , the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is the chief amongst all living entities and is the ultimate form of the impersonal Brahman effulgence and Paramātmā manifestation. Since He is the origin of the Brahman effulgence and Paramātmā manifestation, He is described herewith as the chief personality. It is confirmed in the  Kaṭha Upaniṣad ,  nityo nityānām : there are many eternal living entities, but He is the chief maintainer. This is confirmed in  Bhagavad-gītā  also, where Lord Kṛṣṇa says,  aham sarvasya prabhavaḥ : “I am the origin of everything, including the Brahman effulgence and Paramātmā manifestation.” His activities are transcendental, as confirmed in  Bhagavad-