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and ultimately liberation from the material world. As stated by Caitanya Mahaprabhu,
the highest perfection in life is to develop one’s love for Krsna (prema pumartho
mahan Sri-caitanya-mahaprabhor matam idam). When we compare love of Godhead
with religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and liberation, we can
understand that these achievements may be desirable objectives for bubhuksus, or
those who desire to enjoy this material world, and mumuksus, or those who desire
liberation from it, but they are very insignificant in the eyes of a pure devotee who
has developed bhava, the preliminary stage of love of Godhead.

Dharma (religiosity), artha (economic development), kama (sense gratification)
and moksa (liberation) are the four principles of religion which pertain to the
material world. Therefore in the beginning of Srimad-Bhagavatam it is declared,
dharmah projjhita-kaitavo’tra: cheating religious systems in terms of these four
material principles are completely discarded from Srimad-Bhagavatam, for Srimad-
Bhagavatam teaches only how to develop one’s dormant love of God. Bhagavad-gita
is the preliminary study of Srimad-Bhagavatam, and therefore it ends with the
words, sarva-dharman parityajya mam ekam saranam vraja: ‘“‘Abandon all varieties
of religion and just surrender unto Me.’’ (Bg. 18.66) To adopt this means, one
should reject all ideas of religiosity, economic development, sense gratification and
liberation and fully engage in the service of the Lord, which is transcendental to
these four principles. Love of Godhead is the original function of the spirit soul,
and it is as eternal as the soul and the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This eternity
is called sanatana. When one revives his loving service to the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, it should be understood that he has been successful in achieving the
desired goal of his life. At that time everything is automatically done by the mercy
of the holy name, and the devotee automatically advances in his spiritual progress.

TEXT 85

rea Amare ~ CAMA TS lrg |
caret citaey ata ae is FAH Ui ve I

paficama. purusartha—premanandamrta-sindhu
moksadi ananda yara nahe eka bindu

SYNONYMS

pancama—fifth; purusa-artha—goal of life; prema-Gnanda—the spiritual bliss of
love of Godhead; amrta—eternal; sindhu—ocean; moksa-adi—liberation and other
principles of religiosity; ananda—pleasures derived from them; yara—whose; nahe—
never comparable; eka—one; bindu—drop.

TRANSLATION

“*For a devotee who has actually developed bhava, the pleasure derived from
dharma, artha, kama and moksa appears like a drop in the presence of the sea.
