374 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 9

This verse is also applicable to the jnant school. The enlightened jnani,
when free from all material contaminations, namely the gross and subtle
bodies together with the senses of the material modes of nature, is placed
in the Supreme and is thus liberated from material bondage. The jrianis
and the devotees are actually in agreement up to the point of liberation
from material contamination. But whereas the jrianis remain pacified on
the platform of simple understanding, the devotees develop further spiri-
tual advancement in loving service. The devotees develop a spiritual
individuality in their spontaneous service attitude, which is enhanced on
and on, up to the point of madhurya-rasa, or transcendental loving service
reciprocated between the lover and the beloved.

TEXT 34

arena wat Tet: feera: |
aaa | attaacaye: 11291!

nana-karma-vitanena
praja bahvih sisrksatah
ndtmavasidaty asmims te
varsiyan mad-anugrahah

nana-karma—varieties of service; vitanena—by expansion of; prajah—
population; bahvih—innumerable; sisrksatah—desiring to increase; na—
never; atma—self; avasidati—will be bereaved; asmin—in the matter; te—of
you; varsiyan—always increasing; mat—My; anugrahah—causeless mercy.

TRANSLATION

Since you have desired to increase the population innumerably and
expand your varieties of service, you shall never be deprived in this matter
because My causeless mercy upon you will always increase for all time.

PURPORT

A pure devotee of the Lord, being cognizant of the facts of the particular
time, object and circumstances, always desires to expand the number of
devotees of the Lord in various ways. Such expansions of transcendental
service may appear to be material to the materialist, but factually they are
expansions of the causeless mercy of the Lord towards the devotee. Plans
for such activities may appear to be material activities, but they are dif-
ferent in potency, being engaged in the satisfaction of the transcendental
senses of the Supreme.
