198 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 4

Sreyah srutim bhaktim udasya te vibho
klisyanti ye kevala-bodha-labdhaye
tesam asau klesala eva sisyate
nanyad yathd sthiila-tusdvaghatinam.
(Bhag. 10.14.4)

Bhakti-yoga is the highest quality of perfection to be achieved by the in-
telligent person in lieu of performing alarge quantity of spiritual activities.
The example cited here is very appropriate. A handful of real paddy is
more valuable than heaps of paddy skins without any substance within.
Similarly, one should not be attracted by the jugglery of karma-kanda or
jiidna-kanda or even the gymnastic performances of yoga, but skillfully
should take to the simple performances of kirtanam, smaranam, etc.,
under a bona fide spiritual master and without any difficulty attain the
highest perfection.

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tapasvino dana-para yasasvino
manasvino mantra-vidah su-mangalah

ksemam na vindanti vind yad-arpanam
tasmai subhadra-sravase namo namah

tapasvinah—the great learned sages; dana-parah—the great performer of
charity; yasasvinah—the great worker of distinction; manasvinah—the
great philosophers or mystics; mantra-vidah—the great chanter of the
Vedic hymns; su-mangalah—strict followers of Vedic principles; ksemam—
fruitful result; na—never; vindanti—attain; vind—without; yad-arpanam—
dedication; tasmai—unto Him; subhadra—auspicious; sravase—hearing about
Him; namah—my obeisances; namah—again and again.
