Text 19] The Glories of Devotional Service 1021
out knowledge, one cannot have realization. The realization that one is the
infinitesimal part and parcel of the Supreme Spirit makes him unattached
to material conditional life. That is the beginning of devotional service.
Unless one is liberated from material contamination, one cannot engage
himself in the devotional service of the Lord. In this verse, therefore, it is
stated, jfiana-vairagya-yuktena: When one is in full knowledge of one’s
constitutional position and is in the renounced order of life, detached
from material attraction, then by pure devotional service, bhakti-yuktena,
he can engage himself as a loving servant of the Lord. Paripasyati means
that he can see everything in its right perspective. Then the influence of
material nature becomes almost nil. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-
gita. Brahma-bhiitah prasanndtma: When one is self-realized he becomes
happy and free from the influence of material nature, and at that time he
is freed from lamentation and hankering. The Lord states that position as
mad-bhaktirn labhate param, the real state of beginning devotional service.
Similarly, it is confirmed in the Ndrada-pajicardtra that when the senses
are purified they can then be engaged in the devotional service of the Lord.
One who is attached to material contamination cannot be a devotee.
TEXT 19
T FSTAMTA AFT ATTATLATTEALA |
Teste ya: Te Tera eA TA 8 SI
na yujyamanaya bhaktya
bhagavaty akhilatmani
sadrso ’sti sivah pantha
yoginam brahma-siddhaye

na—not; yujyamanaya—being performed; bhaktya—devotional service;
bhagavati—towards the Supreme Personality of Godhead; akhila-atmani—
the Supersoul ; sadrsah —like; asti—there is; Sivah—auspicious; panthah—path;
yoginaim—of the yogis; brahma-siddhaye—for perfection in self-realization.

TRANSLATION

Perfection in self-realization cannot be attained by any kind of yogi
unless he engages in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, because that is the only auspicious path.
