1234 Stimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 29

TRANSLATION

Lord Kapila, the Personality of Godhead, replied: O noble lady, there
are multifarious paths of devotional service in terms of the different
qualities of the executor.

PURPORT

Pure devotional service in Krsna consciousness is one because in pure
devotional service there is no demand from the devotee to be fulfilled by
the Lord. But generally people take to devotional service with a purpose.
As stated in Bhagavad-gita, people who are not purified take to devotional
service with four purposes. A person who is distressed because of material
conditions becomes a devotee of the Lord and approaches the Lord for
mitigation of his distressed condition. A person in need of money ap-
proaches the Lord to ask for some improvement in his monetary condi-
tion. Others, who are not in distress or in need of monetary assistance
but are seeking knowledge in order to understand the Absolute Truth,
also take to devotional service, and they inquire into the nature of the
Supreme Lord. This is very nicely described in Bhagavad-gitd (7.16).
Actually the path of devotional service is one without a second, but
according to the devotees’ condition, devotional service appears in
multifarious varieties, as will be nicely explained in the following verses.

TEXT 8

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abhisandhaya yo himsarm
dambham matsaryam eva va

samrambhi bhinna-drg bhavam
mayi kuryat sa tamasah

abhisandhéya—having in view; yah—he who; hirmsam—violence;
dambham—pride; mdatsaryam—envy; eva—indeed; vd—or; samrambhi—
angry; bhinna—separate; drk—whose vision; bhavam—devotional service;
mayi—to Me;kuryat— may do;sah—he; tamasah—in the mode of ignorance.
