30 Srimad-Bhagavatam

of all fallen souls, He advised the deliverance of all living entities as follows.
The Supreme Absolute Personality of Godhead, from whom all living
entities have emanated, must be worshiped by all their respective engage-
ments, because everything that we see is also the expansion of His energy.
That is the way of real perfection, and it is approved by all bona fide
acaryas past and present. The system of varndsrama is more or less based
on moral and ethical principles. There is very little realization of the
transcendence as such, and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu rejected it as
superficial and asked Ramananda Raya to go further into the matter.

Sri Ramananda Raya then suggested renunciation of fruitive actions
unto the Lord. The Bhagavad-gitd advises in this connection: ““Whatever
you do, whatever you eat and whatever you give, as well as whatever you
perform in penance, offer to Me alone.” This dedication on the part of the
worker suggests that the Personality of Godhead is a step higher than the
impersonal conception of the varnasrama system, but still the relation of
the living being and the Lord is not distinct in that way. The Lord
therefore rejected this proposition and asked Ramananda Raya to go
further.

Raya then suggested renunciation of the varnasrama-dharma and accep-
tance of devotional service. The Lord did not approve of this suggestion
also for the reason that all of a sudden one should not renounce his
position, for that may not bring in the desired result.

It was further suggested by Raya that attainment of spiritual realization
freed from the material conception of life is the topmost achievement for
a living being. The Lord rejected this suggestion also because on the plea
of such spiritual realization much havoc has been wrought by unscrupulous
persons; therefore all of a sudden this is not possible. ‘The Raya then
suggested sincere association of self-realized souls and hearing submissively
the transcendental message of the pastimes of the Personality of Godhead.
This suggestion was welcomed by the Lord. This suggestion was made
following in the footsteps of Brahmaji, who said that the Personality of
Godhead is known as ajita or the one who cannot be conquered or
approached by anyone. But such ajita also becomes jita (conquered) by
one method, which is very simple and easy. The simple method is that one
has to give up the arrogant attitude of declaring oneself to be God Himself.
One must be very meek and submissive and try to live peacefully by
lending the ear to the speeches of the transcendentally self-realized soul
who speaks on the message of Bhdgavata-dharma or the religion of glori-
fying the Supreme Lord and His devotees. To glorify a great man is a
natural instinct for living beings, but they have not learned to glorify the
