Text 12] The Glories of Devotional Service 1013
The living entities are considered prakrti. In Bhagavad-gita, matter is ana-
lyzed as apard, or inferior nature, whereas beyond this inferior nature
there is another, superior nature—the living entities. Living entities are also
prakyti, or enjoyed, but under the spell of maya, the living entities are
falsely trying to take the position of enjoyers. That is the cause of sarisara-
bandha, or conditional life. Devahiiti wanted to get out of conditional life
and place herself in full surrender. The Lord is saranya, which means the
only worthy personality to whom one can fully surrender, because He
is full of all opulences. If anyone actually wants relief, the best course is to
surrender unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. The Lord is also
described here as sad-dharma-vidam varistham. This indicates that of all
transcendental occupations the best occupation is eternal loving service
unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Dharma is sometimes translated
as religion, but that is not exactly the meaning. Dharma actually means that
which one cannot give up, that which is inseparable from oneself. The
warmth of fire is inseparable from fire; therefore warmth is called the
dharma or nature of fire. Similarly, sad-dharma means eternal occupation.
That eternal occupation is engagement in the transcendental loving service
of the Lord. The purpose of Kapiladeva’s sankhya philosophy is to propa-
gate pure, uncontaminated devotional service, and therefore He is addressed
here as the most important personality amongst those who know the tran-
scendental occupation of the living entity.
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maitreya uvdca
iti sva-matur niravadyam ipsitam
nisamya pumsdm apavarga-vardhanam
dhiyabhinandydtmavatam satam gatir
babhdsa isat-smita-sobhitdnanah
