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TEACHINGS OF QUEEN KUNTĪ
The Māyāvādīs simply see the effulgence, which is impersonal. They cannot see anything more. We may see an airplane rise in the sky, but after a while it passes out of our sight due to the dazzling sunshine. The airplane is there, but we cannot see it. Similarly, if we simply try to see the effulgent  brahmajyoti , we are unable to see within it. One of the  mantras  in the  Īsopaniṣad  therefore petitions the Lord to wind up His effulgence so that He can be seen properly.
The Māyāvādī philosophers cannot see the personal activities of Kṛṣṇa nor the planet where Kṛṣṇa is personally active. The  Bhāgavatam  says,  āruhya kṛcchreṇa param padam tataḥ patanty adho 'nādṛta-yuṣmad-anghrayaḥ : because they do not see the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa, they have to return to this material world, despite all their serious penances and austerities. Thus renunciation in itself will not help us. We may artificially renounce, but again we shall become so-called enjoyers. Such renunciation and enjoyment is like a pendulum that goes this way and that. On one side we become false renunciants, and on the other we become false enjoyers. The remedy, however, is here. If we really want to become detached from this material world, we must increase our attachment for Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Renunciation alone will not help us. Therefore Kuntīdevī prays,  tvayi me 'nanya-viṣayā . She prays that her attraction be constantly drawn unto Kṛṣṇa without being diverted to anything else. This is  bhakti , pure devotional service, for as mentioned by Rūpa Gosvāmī, devotional service should be unalloyed ( anyābhilāṣitā-śūnyam jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam ).
In this material world there are  jñānīs  and  karmīs . The  karmīs  are fools who unnecessarily work very hard, and the  jñānīs  are those who, when a little elevated, think, “Why work so hard? So many things are not required. Why accumulate so much money and food and so much false prestige?” The  jñānī  thinks in this way. The  bhakta , however, is beyond the  karmī  and the  jñānī . The  karmī  has many desires, and the  jñānī  tries to get rid of all desires, but desirelessness can be possible only when we desire to serve Kṛṣṇa. Otherwise it is not possible to get rid of desires.  Jñāna-karmādy-anāvṛtam . As  bhaktas , we should have no desires for  jñāna  and  karma . We should be without attachment for material things, but we must have attachment for Kṛṣṇa. In this way our detachment will be fixed.
We must cultivate Kṛṣṇa consciousness favorably ( anukūlyena kṛṣṇā-nuśīlanam ). This means thinking of how Kṛṣṇa will be satisfied. We must always think of Kṛṣṇa, just like the  gopīs . The Kṛṣṇa consciousness of the  gopīs  was perfect because they had no desire other than to try to