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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 7, Ch. 15]
“One who is transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments nor desires to have anything; he is equally disposed toward every living entity. In this situation, he begins transcendental activities, or devotional service to the Lord.” Generally, once elevated to the transcendental platform of  brahma-sukha , transcendental bliss, one never comes down. But if one does not engage in devotional service, there is a chance of his returning to the material platform.  Āruhya kṛcchreṇa paraṁ padaṁ tataḥ patanty adho 'nādṛta-yuṣmad-aṅghrayaḥ : one may rise to the platform of  brahma-sukha , transcendental bliss, but even from that platform one may fall down to the material platform if he does not engage himself in devotional service.
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यः प्रव्रज्य गृहात् पूर्वं त्रिवर्गविपनात् पुनः । यदि सेवेत तान्भिक्षुः स वै वान्ताश्यपत्रपः ॥३६॥
yaḥ pravrajya gṛhāt pūrvaṁ tri-vargāvapanāt punaḥ yadi seveta tān bhikṣuḥ sa vai vāntāśy apatrapaḥ
yaḥ —one who;  pravrajya —being finished for good and leaving for the forest (being situated in transcendental bliss);  gṛhāt —from home;  pūrvaṁ —at first;  tri-varga —the three principles of religion, economic development and sense gratification;  āvapanāt —from the field in which they are sown;  punaḥ —again;  yadi —if;  seveta —should accept;  tān —materialistic activities;  bhikṣuḥ —a person who has accepted the  sannyāsa  order;  saḥ —that person;  vai —indeed;  vānta-āśī —one who eats his own vomit;  apatrapaḥ —without shame.
TRANSLATION
One who accepts the  sannyāsa  order gives up the three principles of materialistic activities in which one indulges in the field of household life—namely religion, economic development and sense gratification. One who first accepts  sannyāsa  but then returns