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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 4, Ch. 22]
ality of Godhead. As silver becomes shiny by being polished, so lusty desires within the heart of a materialistic person are cleansed by the good association of devotees. Actually the living being has no connection with this material enjoyment nor with lusty desires. He is simply imagining or dreaming while asleep. But by the association of pure devotees, he is awakened, and immediately the spirit soul is situated in his own glory by understanding his constitutional position as the eternal servant of the Lord. Prṭhu Mahārāja was already a self-realized soul; therefore he had a natural inclination to glorify the activities of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and the Kumāras assured him that there was no chance of his falling victim to the illusory energy of the Supreme Lord. In other words, the process of hearing and chanting about the glories of the Lord is the only means to clarify the heart of material contamination. By the process of  karma ,  jñāna  and  yoga , no one will succeed in driving away contamination from the heart, but once a person takes to the shelter of the lotus feet of the Lord by devotional service, automatically all dirty things in the heart are removed without difficulty.
TEXT 21
शास्त्रेष्वियानेव सुनिश्चितो नृणां
क्षेमस्य सञ्चर्गिवमृशेषु हेतुः ।
असङ्ग आत्मव्यतिरिक्त आत्मनि
दृढा रतिर्ब्रह्मणि निर्गुणे च या ॥२१॥
śāstreṣu iyān eva suniścito nṛṇām
kṣemasya sadhryag-vimṛśeṣu hetuḥ
asanga ātma-vyatirikta ātmani
dṛḍhā ratir brahmaṇi nirguṇe ca yā
śāstreṣu—in the scriptures; iyān eva—this is only; suniścitaḥ—positively concluded; nṛṇām—of human society; kṣemasya—of the ultimate welfare; sadhryak—perfectly; vimṛśeṣu—by full consideration; hetuḥ—cause; asangaḥ—unattachment; ātma-vyatirikte—bodily concept of life; ātmani—unto the Supreme Soul; dṛḍhā—strong; ratiḥ—attachment; brahmaṇi—transcendence; nirguṇe—in the Supreme, who is beyond the material modes; ca—and; yā—which.
TRANSLATION
It has been conclusively decided in the scriptures, after due consideration, that the ultimate goal for the welfare of human society is detach-