Text 13] The Glories of Devotional Service 1015

TEXT 13

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Sri bhagavan uvaca
yoga adhyatmikah pumsam
mato nihsreyasaya me

atyantoparatir yatra
duhkhasya ca sukhasya ca

Sri bhagavan uvaca—the Personality of Godhead said; yogah—the yoga
system; adhyatmikah—relating to the soul; pumsdm—of living entities;
matah—is approved; nihsreyasdya—for the ultimate benefit; me—by Me;
atyanta— complete; uparatih—detachment; yatra— where; duhkhasya— from
distress; ca—and; sukhasya—from happiness; ca—and.

TRANSLATION

The Personality of Godhead answered: The yoga system which relates to
the Lord and the individual soul, which is meant for the ultimate benefit
of the living entity, and which causes detachment from all happiness and
distress in the material world, is the highest yoga system.

PURPORT

In the material world, everyone is trying to get some material happiness,
but as soon as we get some material happiness, there is also material
distress. In the material world one cannot have unadulterated happiness.
Any kind of happiness one has is contaminated by distress also. For
example, if we want to drink milk then we have to bother to maintain a
cow and keep her fit to supply milk. Drinking milk is very nice; it is also
pleasure. But for the sake of drinking milk one has to accept so much
trouble. The yoga system, as here stated by the Lord, is meant to end
all material happiness and material distress. The best yoga, as taught in
Bhagavad-gita by Krsna, is bhakti-yoga. It is also mentioned in the Gita
that one should try to be tolerant and not be disturbed by material hap-
piness or distress. Of course, one may say that he is not disturbed by
material happiness, but he does not know that just after one enjoys so-
