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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 5]
different, the process of emancipation is almost the same. Both want eternal happiness. One seeks happiness in impersonal Brahman, and the other seeks happiness in the association of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. As described in the first verse:  brahma-saukhyam . Brahman means spiritual or eternal; both the impersonalist and the devotee seek eternal blissful life. In any case, it is advised that one become perfect. In the words of  Caitanya-caritāmṛta  ( Madhya  22.87):
asat-saṅga-tyāga, —ei vaiṣṇava-ācāra ‘strī-saṅgī’ —eka asādhu, ‘kṛṣṇābhakta’ āra
To remain unattached to the modes of material nature, one should avoid associating with those who are  asat , materialistic. There are two kinds of materialists. One is attached to women and sense gratification, and the other is simply a nondevotee. On the positive side is association with  mahātmās , and on the negative side is the avoidance of nondevotees and women-hunters.
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ये वा मयीशे कृतसौहृदार्था जनेषु देहम्भरवार्तिकेषु । गृहेषु जायात्मजरातिमत्सु न प्रीतियुक्ता यावदर्थाश्च लोके ॥ ३ ॥
ye vā mayīśe kṛta-sauhṛdārthā janeṣu dehambhara-vārtikeṣu gṛheṣu jāyātmaja-rātimatsu na prīti-yuktā yāvad-arthāś ca loke
ye —those who;  vā —or;  mayi —unto Me;  īśe —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  kṛta-sauhṛda-arthāḥ —very eager to develop love (in a relationship of  dāsya ,  sakhya ,  vātsalya  or  mādhurya );  janeṣu —to people;  dehambhara-vārtikeṣu —who are interested only in maintaining the body, not in spiritual salvation;  gṛheṣu —to the home;  jāyā —wife;  ātma-ja —children;  rāti —wealth or friends;  matsu —consisting of;  na —