442 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 2, Ch. 8
is set by Sri Bajrangaji_ or Hanuman, the great devotee of Lord Sri Rama.
As we have already discussed, even the aborigines and cannibals can also
be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord if they happen to be
under the guidance of a genuine devotee of the Lord. In the Skanda
Purana there is a narration that a hunter in the jungle became the most
enlightened devotee of the Lord by the guidance of Sri Narada Muni.
Therefore devotional service to the Lord can be equally shared by every
living being.

Religious affiliation in terms of different countries and cultural circum-
stances is obviously not the common religion of the human being, but the
basic principle is devotional service. Even if a particular type of religious
principle does not recognize the supremacy of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead, the followers still have to obey the disciplinary principles
laid down by a particular leader. Such a leader of a religious sect is never
the supreme leader because such a circumstantial leader comes to the
position of leadership after undergoing some penance. The Supreme
Personality of Godhead does not, however, require to be under disciplinary
action to become leader, as we see in the activities of Lord Krsna.

The occupational duties of the castes and the orders of society, follow-
ing the principles of livelihood, also depend on the principle of de-
votional service. In the Bhagavad-gitd it is stated that a person can achieve
the highest perfection of life simply by awarding the results of one’s
occupational duty unto the devotional service of the Lord. People follow-
ing the principles of devotional service of the Lord can never be put into
difficulty, and thus there cannot be any question of dpad-dharma, or
religion in distress. As will be explained in this book by the greatest
authority, Srila Sukadeva Gosvami, there is no religion save and except
the devotional service of the Lord, though this may be presented in
different forms.

TEXT 19
aa Weed sat Aqaangq |
FOTIA aK TANI
tattvanadm parisankhyanam
laksanam hetu-laksanam
purusaradhana-vidhir
yogasyadhyatmikasya ca
