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Purañjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
1331
Bhakti-yoga  will automatically liberate a person from the dualities of life. In  bhakti-yoga , Kṛṣṇa is the center, and Kṛṣṇa is always transcendental. Thus in order to transcend dualities, one must always engage in the service of the Lord, as confirmed by  Bhagavad-gītā :
mām ca yo 'yabhicāreṇa  
 bhakti-yogena sevate  
 sa guṇān samatītyaitān  
 brahma-bhūyāya kalpate
“One who engages in full devotional service, who does not fall down in any circumstance, at once transcends the modes of material nature and thus comes to the level of Brahman.” (Bg. 14.26)
If one is factually engaged in the service of the Lord,  bhakti-yoga , he will automatically control his senses, his tongue and so many other things. Once engaged in the  bhakti-yoga  process with all sincerity, one will have no chance of falling down. Even if one falls down, there is no loss. One’s devotional activities may be stunned or choked for the time being, but as soon as there is another chance, the practitioner begins from the point where he left off.
TEXT 38
तपसा विधया पक्कषायो नियमैर्षमैः।
युयुजे ब्रह्मण्यात्मानं विजिताक्षानिताम्रयः ॥३८॥
tapasā vidyayā pakva-  
 kaṣāyo niyamair yamaiḥ  
 yuyuje brahmaṇy ātmānam  
 vijitākṣānilāśayaḥ
tapasā —by austerity;  vidyayā —by education;  pakva —burned up;  kaṣāyaḥ —all dirty things;  niyamaiḥ —by regulative principles;  yamaiḥ —by self-control;  yuyuje —he fixed up;  brahmaṇi —in spiritual realization;  ātmānam —his self;  vijita —completely controlled;  akṣa —senses;  anila —life;  āśayaḥ —consciousness.
TRANSLATION
By worshiping, executing austerities and following the regulative principles, King Malayadhvaja conquered his senses, his life and his con-