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achievements like so much dust, and he accepts only devotional service,
the transcendental culmination.
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TTT ATARI
aoa fret safa afeery |
ama dt: ged fafa
a AA AMAT BAT FT vu
tathapare catma-samadhi-yoga-
balena jitva prakrtim balistham
tvdm eva dhirah purusam visanti
tesam sramah syan na tu sevaya te
tatha—as far as; apare—others; ca—also; dtma-samadhi—transcendental
self-realization; yoga—means; balena—by the strength of; jitva—conquering;
prakrtim—acquired nature or modes of nature; balistham—very powerful;
tvam—You; eva—only; dhirah—pacified; purusam—person; visanti—enters
into; tesam—for them; sramah—much labor; syat—has to be taken; na—
never; tu—but; sevayd—by serving; te—of You.
TRANSLATION
Others, who are pacified by means of transcendental self-realization and
have conquered over the modes of nature by dint of strong power and
knowledge, also enter into You, but for them there is much pain, whereas
the devotee simply discharges devotional service and thus feels no such
pain.
PURPORT
In terms of a labor of love and its returns, the bhaktas, or devotees of
the Lord, always have priority over persons who are addicted to the
association of jianis, or impersonalists, and yogis, or mystics. The word
apare (others) is very significant in this connection. “Others” refer to the
jianis and the yogis, whose only hope is to merge into the existence of the
impersonal brahmajyoti. Although their destination is not so important
in comparison to the destination of the devotees, the labor of the non-
devotees is far greater than that of the bhaktas. One may suggest that
there is sufficient labor for the devotees also in the matter of discharging
devotional service. But that labor is compensated by the enhancement of
