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Talks Between Nārada and King Prācīnabarhi
1421
difficult. The general populace is engaged in material activities, and when people are a little advanced, they become attracted by the ritualistic ceremonies mentioned in the  Vedas . However, when one is frustrated in the performance of these ritualistic ceremonies, he again comes to material activities. In this way both the followers of the Vedic rituals and the followers of material activities are entangled in conditional life. These people get the seed of devotional service only by the good will of the  guru  and  Krṣṇa . This is confirmed in  Caitanya-caritāmṛta: guru-krṣṇa-prasāde pāya bhakti-latā-bīja .
When one is engaged in devotional service, he is no longer attracted to material activities. When a man is covered by different designations, he cannot engage in devotional service. One has to become freed from such designative activities ( sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam ) and become pure in order to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead through purified senses.  Hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanam bhaktir ucyate : the service of the Lord through purified senses is called  bhakti-yoga  or devotional service. The sincere devotee is always helped by the Supersoul, who resides within the heart of every living entity, as Lord  Krṣṇa  confirms in  Bhagavad-gītā :
teṣām satata-yuktānām bhajatām prīti-pūrvakam dadāmi buddhi-yogam tam yena mām upayānti te
“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Bg. 10.10)
This is the stage of becoming free from the contamination of the material world. At such a time a devotee makes friends with another devotee, and his engagement in material activities ceases completely. At that time, he attains the favor of the Lord and loses his faith in material civilization, which begins with  varṇāśrama-dharma . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu speaks clearly of one’s becoming liberated from the  varṇāśrama-dharma , the most exalted system of human civilization. At such a time one feels himself to be perpetually the servant of Lord  Krṣṇa , a position taken by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself.
nāham vipro na ca nara-patir nāpi vaiśyo na śūdro nāham varṇī na ca gṛha-patir no vana-stho yatir vā kintu prodyan nikhila-paramānanda-pūrṇāmṛtābdher gopī-bhartuḥ pada-kamalayor dāsa-dāsānudāsaḥ
(Padyāvalī 63)