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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 32]
scendental knowledge. It is said that one who engages unflinchingly in the devotional service of the Lord actually has all the good qualities of the demigods develop in him automatically. One cannot discover how such good qualities develop in the body of a devotee, but actually it happens. There is one instance where a hunter was taking pleasure in killing animals, but after becoming a devotee he was not prepared to kill even an ant. Such is the quality of a devotee.
Those who are very eager to advance in transcendental knowledge can engage themselves in pure devotional service, without wasting time in mental speculation. For arriving at the positive conclusions of knowledge in the Absolute Truth, the word  brahma-darśanam  is significant in this verse.  Brahma-darśanam  means to realize or to understand the Transcendence. One who engages in the service of Vāsudeva can actually realize what Brahman is. If Brahman is impersonal, then there is no question of  darśanam , which means seeing face to face.  Darśanam  refers to seeing the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva. Unless the seer and the seen are persons, there is no  darśanam .  Brahma-darśanam  means that as soon as one sees the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he can at once realize what impersonal Brahman is. A devotee does not need to make separate investigations to understand the nature of Brahman.  Bhagavad-gītā  also confirms this.  Brahma-bhūyāya kalpate : a devotee at once becomes a self-realized soul in the Absolute Truth.
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यदास्य चित्तमर्थेषु समेष्विन्द्रियश्चिमिः ।
न विगृह्णाति वैषम्यं प्रियमप्रियमित्युत ॥२४॥
yadāsya cittam artheṣu sameṣv indriya-vṛttibhiḥ na vigrhṇāti vaiṣamyam priyam apriyam ity uta
yadā —when;  asya —of the devotee;  cittam —the mind;  artheṣu —in the sense objects;  sameṣu —same;  indriya-vṛttibhiḥ —by the activities of the senses;  na —not;  vigrhṇāti —does perceive;  vaiṣamyam —difference;  priyam —agreeable;  apriyam —not agreeable;  iti —thus;  uta —certainly.
TRANSLATION
The exalted devotee's mind becomes equipoised in sensual activities, and he is transcendental to that which is agreeable and not agreeable.