Texts 28-29] Understanding Material Nature 1169
span of life, such as on Brahmaloka. These are material desires, but
because a mixed devotee engages in the service of the Lord, ultimately,
after many, many lives of material enjoyment, he undoubtedly develops
Krsna consciousness, and the symptom of this Krsna consciousness is that
he is no longer interested in any sort of materially elevated life. He does
not even aspire to become a personality like Lord Brahma.
TEXTS 28.29
Wee: Argel Aas TAT |
bal e ° UJ
fasted ade Facared azVTTT [RCI
TATA wes AEM SATA |
iva
Taal a frada att feanfataaa Ua
mad-bhaktah pratibuddhartho
mat-prasddena bhityasa
nihsreyasam sva-samsthanam
kaivalyakhyam mad-asrayam
prapnotihdiijasa dhirah
sva-drsd cchinna-samsayah
yad gatvd na nivarteta
yogi lingdd vinirgame
mat-bhaktah—My devotee; pratibuddha-arthah—self-realized; mat-
prasaddena—by My causeless mercy; bhityasd—unlimited; nihsreyasam—the
ultimate perfectional goal; sva-sarnsthanam—his abode; kaivalya-akhyam—
called kaivalya; mat-dsrayam— under My protection; prapnoti— attains;iha—
in this life; afjasa—truly; dhirah—steady; sva-drsa—by knowledge of the
self; chinna-samsayah—freed from doubts; yat—to that abode; gatvad—having
gone; na—never; nivarteta—comes back; yogi—the mystic devotee; lingat—
from the subtle and gross material bodies; vinirgame—after departing.
TRANSLATION
My devotee actually becomes self-realized by My unlimited causeless

mercy, and thus, when freed from all doubts, he steadily progresses towards
his destined abode, which is directly under the protection of My spiritual
