Text 20]
The Dynasty of Bharata
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śraddhāvān bhajate yo māṁ sa me yuktatamo mataḥ
“Of all  yogīs , he who always abides in Me with great faith, worshiping Me in transcendental loving service, is most intimately united with Me in  yoga  and is the highest of all.” The best  yogī  is he who constantly thinks of the Supreme Personality of Godhead within the core of the heart. Because Rantideva was the king, the chief executive in the state, all the residents of the state became devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, by the king’s transcendental association. This is the influence of a pure devotee. If there is one pure devotee, his association can create hundreds and thousands of pure devotees. Śrila Bhaktivinoda Thākura has said that a Vaiṣṇava is meritorious in proportion to the number of devotees he has created. A Vaiṣṇava becomes superior not simply by jugglery of words but by the number of devotees he has created for the Lord. Here the word  rantidevānuvartinaḥ  indicates that Rantideva’s officers, friends, relatives and subjects all became first-class Vaiṣṇavas by his association. In other words, Rantideva is confirmed herein to be a first-class devotee, or  mahā-bhāgavata .  Mahat-sevāṁ dvāram āhur vimukteḥ : one should render service to such  mahātmās , for then one will automatically achieve the goal of liberation. Śrila Narottama dāsa Thākura has also said,  chāḍiyā vaiṣṇava-sevā nistāra pāyeche kebā : one cannot be liberated by his own effort, but if one becomes subordinate to a pure Vaiṣṇava, the door to liberation is open.
TEXTS 19-20
गर्गाच्छिनिस्ततो गर्ग्यः क्षत्राद् ब्रह्म ह्यवर्तत ।
दुरितक्षयो महावीर्यात् तस्य त्रय्यारुणिः कविः ॥१९॥
पुष्करारुणिरित्यत्र ये ब्राह्मणगतिं गताः ।
बृहत्क्षत्रस्य पुत्रोऽभूद्धस्ती यद्धस्तिनापुरम् ॥२०॥
gargāc chinis tato gārgaḥ kṣatrād brahma hy avartata duritakṣayo mahāvīryāt tasya trayyāruṇiḥ kaviḥ