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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 8]
PURPORT
The success of one's life is measured by one's material happiness in this life and liberation in the next. Such success can be achieved only by the grace of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The words  eka-matyā  mean concentrating one's mind on the Lord without deviation. This process of undeviating worship of the Supreme Lord is also expressed in  Bhagavad-gītā  as  ananya-bhāk . "That which is impossible to obtain from any other source" is also mentioned here. "Other source" refers to worship of the demigods. It is especially stressed here that the opulence of Manu was due to his undeviating faithfulness in the transcendental service of the Lord. One who diverts his mind to worshiping many demigods to obtain material happiness is considered to be bereft of intelligence. If anyone wants even material happiness, he can worship the Supreme Lord without deviation, and persons who are desirous of liberation can also worship the Supreme Lord and achieve their goal of life.
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तमेव वत्साश्रय भृत्यवत्सलं
मुमुक्षुमिर्भृग्यपदान्जपद्धतिम् ।
अनन्यमावे निजघर्मभाविते
मनस्ववस्थाप्य भजस्व पूरुषम् ॥२२॥
tam eva vatsāśraya bhṛtya-vatsalam mumukṣubhir mṛgya-padābja-paddhatim ananya-bhāve nija-dharma-bhāvite manasy avasthāpya bhajasva pūruṣam
tam —Him;  eva —also;  vatsa —my dear boy;  āśraya —take shelter;  bhṛtya-vatsalam —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very kind to His devotees;  mumukṣubhiḥ —also by persons desiring liberation;  mṛgya —to be squght after;  pada-abja —lotus feet;  paddhatim —system;  ananya-bhāve —in unflinching situation;  nija-dharma-bhāvite —being situated in one's original constitutional position;  manasi —unto the mind;  avasthāpya —placing;  bhajasva —go on executing devotional service;  pūruṣam —the Supreme Person.