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Entanglement in Fruitive Activities
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that Lord Kṛṣṇa's transcendental qualities are so sublime that there is no need to divert one's attention to any other activities. His behavior with the devotees is so exalted that a devotee need not try to divert his attention to any other worship. It is said that the demoniac Pūtanā came to kill Kṛṣṇa by poisoning Him, but because Kṛṣṇa was pleased to suck her breast, she was given the same position as His mother. Devotees pray, therefore, that if a demon who wanted to kill Kṛṣṇa gets such an exalted position, why should they go to anyone other than Kṛṣṇa for their worshipful attachment? There are two kinds of religious activities: one for material advancement and the other for spiritual advancement. By taking shelter under the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, one is endowed with both kinds of prosperity, material and spiritual. Why then should one go to any demigod?
TEXT 23
वासुदेवे भगवति भक्तियोगः प्रयोजितः। जनयत्याशु वैराग्यं ज्ञानं यद्वृक्षदर्शनम् ॥२३॥
vāsudeve bhagavati bhakti-yogaḥ prayojitaḥ janayaty āśu vairāgyam jñānam yad brahma-darśanam
vāsudeve—unto Kṛṣṇa; bhagavati—the Personality of Godhead; bhakti-yogaḥ—devotional service; prayojitaḥ—discharged; janayati—produces; āśu—very soon; vairāgyam—detachment; jñānam—knowledge; yat—which; brahma-darśanam—self-realization.
TRANSLATION
Engagement in Kṛṣṇa consciousness and application of devotional service unto Kṛṣṇa make it possible to advance in knowledge and detachment, as well as in self-realization.
PURPORT
It is said by less intelligent men that  bhakti-yoga  or devotional service is meant for persons who are not advanced in transcendental knowledge and renunciation. But the fact is that if one engages in the devotional service of the Lord in full Kṛṣṇa consciousness, he does not have to attempt separately to practice detachment or to wait for an awakening of tran-