Text 21]                      The Payo-vrata Process of Worship
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saḥ —he (Vāsudeva);  vidhāsyati —will undoubtedly fulfill;  te —your;  kāmān —desires;  hariḥ —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  dīna —unto the poor;  anukampanaḥ —very merciful;  amoghā —infallible;  bhagavat-bhaktiḥ —devotional service unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  na —not;  itarā —anything but  bhagavad-bhakti ;  iti —thus;  matiḥ —opinion;  mama —my.
TRANSLATION
The Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is very merciful to the poor, will fulfill all of your desires, for devotional service unto Him is infallible. Any method other than devotional service is useless. That is my opinion.
PURPORT
There are three kinds of men, who are called  akāma ,  mokṣa-kāma  and  sarva-kāma . One who tries to get liberation from this material world is called  mokṣa-kāma , one who wants to enjoy this material world to its fullest extent is called  sarva-kāma , and one who has fulfilled all his desires and has no further material desires is called  akāma . A  bhakta  has no desire.  Sarvopādhi-vinirmuktam tat-paratvena nirmalam . He is purified and free from material desires. The  mokṣa-kāmī  wants to achieve liberation by merging into the existence of the Supreme Brahman, and because of this desire to merge into the existence of the Lord, he is not yet pure. And since those who want liberation are impure, what to speak of the  karmīs , who have so many desires to fulfill? Nonetheless, the  śāstra  says:
akāmaḥ sarva-kāmo vā mokṣa-kāma udāra-dhiḥ tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena yajeta puruṣam param
“Whether one desires everything or nothing or desires to merge into the existence of the Lord, he is intelligent only if he worships Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, by rendering transcendental loving service.” ( Bhāg.  2.3.10)
Kaśyapa Muni saw that his wife, Aditi, had some material desires for the welfare of her sons, but still he advised her to render devotional ser-