568 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 14
be liked by everyone, even by the enemies of his father, because he would
have no other vision besides the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A pure
devotee of the Lord sees the presence of his worshipable Lord every where.
The Lord also reciprocates in such a way that all living entities in whom
the Lord is dwelling as the Supersoul also like a pure devotee because the
Lord is present in their hearts and can dictate to them to be friendly to
His devotee. There are many instances in history wherein even the most
ferocious animal became friendly to a pure devotee of the Lord.
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sa vai maha-bhagavato mahatma
mahanubhavo mahatam mahisthah
pravrddha-bhaktya hy anubhavitasaye
nivesya vaikuntham imam vihasyati
sah—he; vai—certainly; maha-bhagavatah—the topmost devotee; mahat-
ma—expanded intelligence; maha-anubhavah—expanded influence; maha-
tam—of the great souls; mahisthah—the greatest; pravrddha—well
matured; bhaktya—by devotional service; hi—certainly; anubhavita—being
situated in the anubhava stage of ecstasy; asaye—in the mind; nivesya—
entering; vatkunfham—in the spiritual sky; imam—this (material world);
vihasyati— will quit.
TRANSLATION
That topmost devotee of the Lord will have expanded intelligence and
expanded influence and will be the greatest of the great souls. Due to
matured devotional service, he will certainly be situated in transcendental
ecstasy and will enter the spiritual sky after quitting this material world.
PURPORT
There are three stages of transcendental development in devotional
service, which are technically called sthayibhava, anubhava and
mahabhava. Continual perfect love of Godhead is called sthayibhava, and
when it is performed in a particular type of transcendental relationship it
is called anubhava. But the stage of mahabhava is visible amongst the
