Text 246] Talks Between the Lord and Ramananda Raya 243

janméantara-sahasresu
yasya syad buddhir idrsi
daso ‘ham vasudevasya
sarval lokdn samuddharet

“After many, many births, when a person realizes that he is the eternal servant of
Vasudeva, he can deliver all the worlds.”
In the Adi Purana, in a conversation between Krsna and Arjuna, it is said:

bhaktandm anugacchanti
muktayah srutibhih saha

“The most exalted position of liberation is given by Vedic knowledge. Everyone
follows in the footsteps of the devotee.”
Similarly, in the Brhan-naradiya Purana, it is further stated:

adyapi ca muni-srestha
brahmadyd api devatah

“Until now, even the great demigods like Brahma and Lord Siva did not know the
influence of a devotee.”
Similarly, in the Garuda Purdna it is stated:

brahmananam sahasrebhyah satra-yaji visisyate
satra-ydji-sahasrebhyah sarva-vedanta-paragah

sarva-vedanta-vit-kotya visnu-bhakto visisyate
vaisnavanam sahasrebhya ekanty eko visisyate

“It is said that out of thousands of brahmanas, one is qualified to perform
sacrifices, and out of many thousands of such qualified braéhmanas expert in
sacrificial offerings, one learned brahmana may have passed beyond all Vedic
knowledge. He is considered the best among all these brahmanas. And yet, out of
thousands of such brahmanas who have surpassed Vedic knowledge, one person
may be a visnu-bhakta, and he is most famous. Out of many thousands of such
Vaisnavas, one who is completely fixed in the service of Lord Krsna is most
famous. Indeed, a person who is completely devoted to the service of the Lord
certainly returns home, back to Godhead.”
There is also a statement in the Srimad-Bhagavatam (3.13.4), stating:

$rutasya pumsam sucira-sramasya
nanv afijasd sdribhir idito ‘rthah
