1374 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 32

planets or for economic prosperity, the final aim of which is sense gratifi-
cation. Every one of us who has come to this material world has the sense
of overlordship. This is called pravrtti. But the opposite type of religious
performance, which is called nivrtti, is to act for the Supreme Personality
of Godhead. Engaged in devotional service in Krsna consciousness, one has
no proprietorship claim, nor is one situated in the false egoism of thinking
that he is God or the master. He always thinks himself the servant. That is
the process of purifying consciousness. With pure consciousness only can
one enter into the kingdom of God. Materialistic persons, in their elevated
condition, can enter any one of the planets within this material world, but
all are subjected to dissolution over and over again.

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sirya-dvarena te yanti
purusam visvato-mukham

paravaresam prakrtim
asyotpatty-anta-bhavanam

sirya-dvarena—through the path of illumination; te—they; yanti—
approach; purusam—the Personality of Godhead; visvatah-mukham— whose
face is turned everywhere; para-avara-isam—the proprietor of the spiritual
and material worlds; prakrtim—the material cause; asya—of the world;
utpatti—of manifestation; anta—of dissolution; bhavanam-—the cause.

TRANSLATION

Through the path of illumination, such liberated persons approach the
complete Personality of Godhead, who is the proprietor of the material and
spiritual worlds and is the supreme cause of their manifestation and
dissolution.

PURPORT

The word siirya-dvdrena means by the illuminated path, or through the
sun planet. The illuminated path is devotional service. It is advised in the
Vedas not to pass through the darkness, but to pass through the sun
planet. It is also recommended here that by traversing the illuminated
