1052 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 25

to worship only the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His different forms
such as Laksmi-Narayana, Sita-Rama and Radha-Krsna. Thus he will never be
cheated. By worshiping the demigods one may elevate himself to the
higher planets, but during the dissolution of the material world, the deity
and the abode of the deity will be destroyed. But one who worships the
Supreme Personality of Godhead is promoted to the Vaikuntha planet
where there is no influence of time, destruction or annihilation. The con-
clusion is that the time influence cannot act upon devotees who have
accepted the Supreme Personality of Godhead as everything.

TEXTS 39-40
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imam lokam tathaivamum
dtmanam ubhayayinam
atmanam anu ye ceha
ye rayah pasavo grhah

visrjya sarvan anyams ca
mam evam visvato-mukham
bhajanty ananyaya bhaktya
tan mrtyor atiparaye

imam—this; lokam—world; tatha—accordingly; eva—certainly; amum—
that world; @tmanam-—the subtle body; ubhaya—in both; ayinam— traveling;
atmanam—the body; anu—in relationship with; ye—those who; ca—also;
tha—in this world; ye—that which; raéyah—wealth; pasavah—cattle; grhah—
houses; visrjya—having given up; sarvan—all; anyan—other; ca—and; mam—
Me; evam—thus; visvatah-mukham-—the all-pervading Lord of the universe;
bhajanti-they worship; ananyaya—unflinching; bhaktya—by devotional
service; tan—them; mrtyoh—of death; atipdraye—I take to the other side.

TRANSLATION

Thus the devotee who worships Me, the all-pervading Lord of the
universe, in unflinching devotional service, gives up all aspirations to be
