518 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 13

vdjapeya, atiratra and aptoryama. Anyone performing such yajnas regular-
ly is supposed to be situated with the Lord. But anyone who is in contact
with the Supreme Lord by discharging devotional service is understood to
have performed all different varieties of yajfias.

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namo namas te’khila-mantra-devata-
dravyaya sarva-kratave kriyatmane

vairagya-bhaktyatmajayanubhavita-
jiianaya vidyagurave namo namah

namah namah—obeisances unto You; te—unto You, who are worshipable;
akhila—all-inclusive; mantra—hymns;devata—the Supreme Lord; dravyaya—
unto all ingredients for performing sacrifices; sarva-kratave—unto all kinds
of sacrifices; kriya-atmane—unto You, the supreme form of all sacrifices;
vairagya—renunciation; bhaktya—by devotional service; atma-jaya-anu-
bhavita—perceivable by conquering the mind; jianaya—such knowledge;
vidya-gurave—the supreme spiritual master of all knowledge; namah
namah—again I offer my respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

O Lord, You are the Supreme Personality of Godhead and are
worshipable by universal prayers, Vedic hymns and sacrificial ingredients.
We offer our obeisances unto You. You can be realized by the pure mind
freed from all visible and invisible material contamination. We offer our
respectful obeisances to You as the supreme spiritual master of knowledge
in devotional service.

PURPORT

The qualification of bhakti, or devotional service to the Lord, is that the
devotee should be free from all material contaminations and desires. This
freedom is called vairagya, or renouncement of material desires. One who
engages in devotional service to the Lord according to regulative principles
is automatically freed from material desires, and in that pure state of mind
one can realize the Personality of Godhead. The Personality of Godhead,
