Text 11]
Gajendra's Prayers of Surrender
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namaḥ kaivalya-nāthāya nirvāṇa-sukha-saṁvide
sattvena —by pure devotional service;  prati-labhyāya —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is achieved by such devotional activities;  naiṣkarmyeṇa —by transcendental activities;  vipaścitā —by persons who are sufficiently learned;  namaḥ —I offer my respectful obeisances;  kaivalya-nāthāya —unto the master of the transcendental world;  nirvāṇa —for one completely freed from material activities;  sukha —of happiness;  saṁvide —who is the bestower.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is realized by pure devotees who act in the transcendental existence of bhakti-yoga. He is the bestower of uncontaminated happiness and is the master of the transcendental world. Therefore I offer my respect unto Him.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā , the Supreme Personality of Godhead can be understood only by devotional service.  Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ . If one wants to know the Supreme Personality of Godhead in truth, one must take to the activities of devotional service. These activities are called  sattva  or  śuddha-sattva . In the material world, activities of goodness, which are symptomatic of a pure  brāhmaṇa , are appreciated. But the activities of devotional service are  śuddha-sattva ; in other words, they are on the transcendental platform. Only by devotional service can one understand the Supreme.
Devotional service is called  naiṣkarmya . Mere negation of material activity will not endure.  Naiṣkarmyam apy acyuta-bhāva-varjitam . Unless one performs activities with reference to Kṛṣṇa consciousness, cessation of material activities will not be helpful. In hopes of achieving  naiṣkarmya , freedom from material action, many highly elevated  sannyāsīs  stopped their activities, yet they failed and returned to the material platform to act as materialistic persons. But once one is engaged in the spiritual activities of  bhakti-yoga , one does not fall down. Our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement is therefore an attempt to engage everyone always in spiritual activity, by which one becomes transcendental to