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The Behavior of a Perfect Person
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cause of your being a pure devotee. He always drives away all the darkness of ignorance, as the sun drives away the darkness of the universe.
PURPORT
The words  bhaktyā kevalayā  indicate that simply by executing devotional service one can become full of all knowledge.  Kṛṣṇa  is the master of all knowledge ( aiśvaryasya samagrasya vīryasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ ). The Lord is situated in everyone's heart ( iśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāṁ hṛd-deśe 'rjuna tiṣṭhati ), and when the Lord is pleased with a devotee, the Lord instructs him. Only to the devotees, however, does the Lord give instructions by which to advance further and further in devotional service. To others, the nondevotees, the Lord gives instructions according to the manner of their surrender. The pure devotee is described by the words  bhaktyā kevalayā . Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Thākura explains that  bhaktyā kevalayā  means  jñāna-karmādy-amiśrayā , "unmixed with fruitive activities or speculative knowledge." Simply surrendering at the lotus feet is the cause of all a devotee's enlightenment and awareness.
TEXT 23
तथापि ब्रूमहे प्रभांस्तव राजन्यथाश्रुतम् । सम्माषणीयो हि मवानात्मनः शुद्धिमिच्छता ॥२३॥
tathāpi brūmahe praśnāṁs tava rājan yathā-śrutam sambhāṣaṇīyo hi bhavān ātmanaḥ śuddhim icchatā
tathāpi —still;  brūmahe —I shall answer;  praśnāṁ —all the questions;  tava —your;  rājan —O King;  yathā-śrutam —as I have learned by hearing from the authorities;  sambhāṣaṇīyaḥ —fit for being addressed;  hi —indeed;  bhavān —you;  ātmanaḥ —of the self;  śuddhim —purification;  icchatā —by one who desires.
TRANSLATION
My dear King, although you know everything, you have posed some questions, which I shall try to answer according to what I