18 Krsna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead

there in the Bhagavad-gita, and in the Srimad-Bhdgavatam the statement
of the great sage Narada is there, and here also the demigods confirm it.
‘Persons who have not taken to devotional service are understood to have
come short of the ultimate purpose of knowledge and are not favored by
Your grace.” The impersonalists simply think that they are liberated, but
actually they have no feeling for the Personality of Godhead. They think
that when Krsna comes into the material world, he accepts a material
body. They therefore overlook the transcendental body of Krsna. This is
also confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita. Avajananti mam mudhah. In spite of
conquering material lust and rising up to the point of liberation, the im-
personalists fall down. If they are engaged just in knowing things for the
sake of knowledge and do not take to the devotional service of the Lord,
they cannot achieve the desired result. Their achievement is the trouble
they take, and that is all. It is clearly stated in the Bhagavad-gita that to
realize Brahman identification is not all. Brahman identification may help
one become joyful without material attachment or detachment and to
achieve the platform of equanimity, but after this stage, one has to take to
devotional service. When one takes to devotional service after being
elevated to the platform of Brahman realization, he is then admitted into
the spiritual kingdom for permanent residence in association with the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. That is the result of devotional service.
Those who are devotees of the Supreme Personality of Godhead never fall
down like the impersonalists. Even if the devotees fall down, they remain
affectionately attached to their Lordship. They can meet all kinds of
obstacles on the path of devotional service, and freely, without any fear,
they can surmount such obstacles. Because of their surrender, they are
certain that Krsna will always protect them. As it is promised by Krsna in
the Bhagavad-gita: ““My devotees are never vanquished.”

“Our dear Lord, You have appeared in Your original unalloyed form,
the eternal form of goodness, for the welfare of all living entities within
this material world. Taking advantage of Your appearance, all of them
can now very easily understand the nature and form of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead. Persons who belong to the four divisions of the
social order (the brahmacaris, the grhasthas, the vanaprasthas and the
sannyasis) can all take advantage of Your appearance.

“Dear Lord, husband of the goddess of fortune, devotees who are
dovetailed in Your service do not fall down from their high position like
the impersonalists. Being protected by You, the devotees are able to
traverse over the heads of many of maya’s commanders-in-chief, who can
always put stumbling blocks on the path of liberation. My dear Lord, You
