Text 35] Explanation of Devotional Service 1269
Because the Supreme Lord is present, however, a pure devotee accepts
each body as the temple of the Lord, and since the devotee offers
respect to such temples in full knowledge, he gives respect to every
living entity in relationship with the Lord. Mayavadi philosophers wrongly
think that because the Supreme Person has entered the body of a poor
man, the Supreme Lord has therefore become daridra-ndrdyana, or poor
Narayana. These are all blasphemous statements of atheists and non-
devotees.
TEXT 35
arnarra aera aa ATacgatla: |
CCC CM oH om IEG]
bhakti-yogas ca yogas ca
mayd manavy udiritah
yayor ekatarenaiva
purusah purusarh vrajet
bhakti-yogah—devotional service; ca—and; yogah—mystic yoga; ca—also;
maya—by Me; manavi—O daughter of Manu; udiritah—described; yayoh—
of which two; ekatarena—by either one; eva—alone; purusah—a person;
purusam—the Supreme Person; vrajet—can achieve.
TRANSLATION
My dear mother, O daughter of Manu, a devotee who applies the
science of devotional service and mystic yoga in this way can achieve
the abode of the Supreme Person simply by that devotional service.
PURPORT
Herein the Supreme Personality of Godhead Kapiladeva perfectly
explains that the mystic yoga system, consisting of eight different kinds
of yoga activities, has to be performed with the aim of coming to the
perfectional stage of bhakti-yoga. It is not acceptable for one to be
satisfied simply by practicing the sitting postures and thinking himself
complete. By meditation one must attain to the stage of devotional
service. As previously described, a yogi is advised to meditate on the form
of Lord Visnu, from point to point, from the ankles, to the legs, to the
knees, to the thighs, to the chest, to the neck, and in this way gradually
