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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 32]
planets or for economic prosperity, the final aim of which is sense gratification. Every one of us who has come to this material world has the sense of overlordship. This is called  pravṛtti . But the opposite type of religious performance, which is called  nivṛtti , is to act for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Engaged in devotional service in Kṛṣṇa consciousness, one has no proprietorship claim, nor is one situated in the false egoism of thinking that he is God or the master. He always thinks himself the servant. That is the process of purifying consciousness. With pure consciousness only can one enter into the kingdom of God. Materialistic persons, in their elevated condition, can enter any one of the planets within this material world, but all are subjected to dissolution over and over again.
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सूर्यद्वारेण ते यान्ति पुरुषं विश्वतोमुखम् । परावरेशं प्रकृतिमस्योत्पत्त्यन्तमावनम् ॥ ७ ॥
sūrya-dvāreṇa te yānti puruṣam viśvato-mukham parāvareśam prakṛtim asyotpatty-anta-bhāvanam
sūrya-dvāreṇa —through the path of illumination;  te —they;  yānti —approach;  puruṣam —the Personality of Godhead;  viśvataḥ-mukham —whose face is turned everywhere;  para-avara-tīśam —the proprietor of the spiritual and material worlds;  prakṛtim —the material cause;  asya —of the world;  utpatti —of manifestation;  anta —of dissolution;  bhāvanam —the cause.
TRANSLATION
Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and dissolution.
PURPORT
The word  sūrya-dvāreṇa  means by the illuminated path, or through the sun planet. The illuminated path is devotional service. It is advised in the  Vedas  not to pass through the darkness, but to pass through the sun planet. It is also recommended here that by traversing the illuminated