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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 7]
anything; he is equally disposed toward all living entities. In that state he attains pure devotional service unto the Lord.” (Bg. 18.54) If one advances further from the  brahma-nirvāṇa  platform, one enters the stage of devotional service ( mad-bhaktiṁ labhate parām ). The word  adhokṣajālambham  refers to keeping the mind always engaged in the Absolute Truth, who is beyond the mind and material speculation.  Sa vai manaḥ kṛṣṇa-padāravindayoḥ . This is the result of Deity worship. By constantly engaging in the service of the Lord and thinking of His lotus feet, one is automatically freed from all material contamination. Thus the word  brahma-nirvāṇa-sukham  indicates that when one is in touch with the Absolute Truth, material sense gratification is completely nullified.
TEXT 38
कोऽतिप्रयासोऽसुरबालका हरे- रुपासने स्वे हृदि छिद्रवत् सतः । स्वस्यात्मनः सर्व्युरशेषदेहिनां सामान्यतः किं विषयोपपादनैः ॥३८॥
ko 'ti-prayāso 'sura-bālakā harer upāsane sve hṛdi chidravat sataḥ svasyātmanaḥ sakhyur aśeṣa-dehināṁ sāmānyataḥ kiṁ viṣayopapādanaiḥ
kaḥ —what;  ati-prayāsaḥ —difficult endeavor;  asura-bālakāḥ —O sons of demons;  hareḥ —of the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  upāsane —in discharging the devotional service;  sve —in one’s own;  hṛdi —core of the heart;  chidra-vat —just like the space;  sataḥ —who always exists;  svasya —of one’s self or of the living entity;  ātmanaḥ —of the Supersoul;  sakhyuḥ —of the well-wishing friend;  aśeṣa —unlimited;  dehināṁ —of the embodied souls;  sāmānyataḥ —generally;  kiṁ —what is the need;  viṣaya-upapādanaiḥ —with activities delivering the objects of the senses for sense enjoyment.
TRANSLATION
O my friends, sons of the asuras, the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His Supersoul feature always exists within the cores of