Text 32] The Lord in the Heart 115

rejected by the prospective devotee who actually wants to revive his
dormant love of God. The impure devotee aspires after all of the above-
mentioned material things by perfection of devotion. But a pure devotee
has none of the tinges of the above contaminations influenced by material
desires, impersonal speculations and attainment of mystic powers. One
can attain the stage of love of God by pure devotional service, or by
“learned labor of love,” for the sake of the devotee’s lovable object, the
Personality of Godhead.

To be more clear, if anyone wants to attain the stage of love of Godhead,
he must give up all desires for material enjoyment, he should refrain from
worshiping any of the demigods and should devote himself only to the
worship of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He must give up the
foolish idea of becoming one with the Lord and the desire to have some
wonderful powers just to get the ephemeral adoration of the world. The
pure devotee is only favorably engaged in the service of the Lord without
any hope of emolument. This will bring about love of Godhead, or the
stage of santam and dnandam, as stated in this verse.

TEXT 32

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amie ay aaa FT|

a7 WI Aa we AZ
ANTAL ATA AISA WF

ete srti te nrpa veda-gite
tvayabhiprste ca sanatane ca

ye vai pura brahmana aha tusta
aradhito bhagavan vasudevah

ete—all that is described; srti-way; te—unto you; nrpa—O Maharaja
Pariksit; veda-gite—according to the version of the Vedas; tuaya—by Your
Majesty; abhiprste—being properly inquired; ca—also; sandtane—in the
matter of eternal truth; ca—verily; ye—which; vai—certainly ; pura—before;
brahmane—unto Lord Brahma; dha—said; tustah—being satisfied; dradhitah
—being worshiped; bhagavan—the Personality of Godhead; vasudevah—
Lord Krsna.
