1168 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 27

yadaivam adhydtma-ratah
kdlena bahu-janmanad
sarvatra jata-vairagya
a brahma-bhuvanan munih

yada—when; evam—thus; adhyatma-ratah—engaged in self-realization;
kalena—for many years; bahu-janmana—for many births; sarvatra—every-
where; jata-vairagyah—detachment is born; @ brahma-bhuvanat—up to
Brahmaloka; munih—a thoughtful person.

TRANSLATION

When a person thus engages in devotional service and self-realization
for many, many years and births, he becomes completely reluctant to
enjoy any one of the material planets, even up to the highest planet,
which is known as Brahmaloka; he becomes fully developed in conscious-
ness.

PURPORT

Anyone engaged in devotional service to the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is known as a devotee, but there is a distinction between pure
devotees and mixed devotees. A mixed devotee engages in devotional
service for the spiritual benefit of being eternally engaged in the transcen-
dental abode of the Lord in full bliss and knowledge.

In material existence, when a devotee is not completely purified, he
expects material benefit from the Lord in the form of relief from material
miseries, or he wants material gain, advancement in knowledge of the
relationship between the Supreme Personality of Godhead and the living
entity, or knowledge as to the real nature of the Supreme Lord. When a
person is transcendental to these conditions, he is called a pure devotee.
He does not engage himself in the service of the Lord for any material
benefit or for understanding of the Supreme Lord. His one interest is that
he loves the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and he spontaneously
engages in satisfying Him.

The highest example of pure devotional service is that of the gopis in
Vrndavana. They are not interested in understanding Krsna, but only in
loving Him. That platform of love is the pure state of devotional service.
Unless one is advanced to this pure state of devotional service, there is a
tendency to desire elevation to a higher material position. A mixed devotee
may desire to enjoy a comfortable life on another planet with a greater
