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themselves liberated although their intelligence is not yet purified. Although these
living entities undergo severe austerities to rise to the platform of Siddhaloka, they
cannot remain there perpetually, for they are bereft of ananda (bliss). Even though
these living entities attain the brahma-bhita stage and realize the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead through His bodily effulgence, they nonetheless fall down
due to neglecting the Lord’s service. They do not properly utilize whatever little
knowledge they have of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Not attaining
4nanda, or bliss, they come down to the material world to enjoy. This is certainly a
falldown for one who is actually liberated. The bhaktas consider such a falldown
equal to achieving a place in hell.

The followers of the Patafjali yoga system actually want to merge into the
body of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. This indicates that they do not
want to engage in His service despite their knowledge of Him, and thus their posi-
tion is even more abominable than that of those who want to merge into the
Lord's effulgence. These yogis meditate on the four-handed Visnu form of the
Lord in order to merge into His body. The Patafjali system describes the form of
the Lord as klesa-karma-vipakasayair aparamrstah purusa-visesa isvarah: “The
Supreme Personality of Godhead is a person who does not partake of a miserable
material life/’ The yogis accept the eternity of the Supreme Person in their mantra,
sa pUrvesdm api guruh kalanavac chedat: “Such a person is always supreme and is
not influenced by the element of time.” The followers of the Patafijali system
therefore accept the eternity of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, yet, accord-
ing to them: purusdartha-sinyanarh pratiprasavah kaivalyam svardpa-pratistha va
citi-saktir iti. They believe that in the perfectional stage, the conception of purusa
is vanquished. According to their description: citi-saktir iti. They believe that
when one becomes perfect, he cannot remain a person. This yoga system is
therefore abominable because its final conception is impersonal. In the beginning,
these yogis accept the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but they ultimately give
up this idea in order to become impersonal. They are most unfortunate because
although they have a personal conception of the Absolute Truth, they neglect to
render devotional service to the Lord and thus they fall down again into the mate-
tial world. This is supported by the Srimad-Bhagavatam (10.2.32). Aruhya-krc-
chrena parari pada tatah patanty adho ‘nadrta-yusmad-anghrayah: due to
neglecting the lotus feet of the Lord, these yogis again fall down into the material
existence (patanty adhah). Consequently this path of yoga is more abominable
than the impersonalists’ path. This conclusion is also supported by Lord
Kapiladeva in the following verse from Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.29.13).

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ATCATS-ANE ATT AT-ATRCATFRAATS |
wiaatas a Jefe fal W-cAaAy Bats We |
