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devotee, he also enters into Vaikunthaloka. Others, who engage in envious
activities, are known as karmis. Karmis are envious of one another. Simply
for sense gratification, they can kill thousands of innocent animals. Jiianis
are not as sinful as karmis, but they do not try to reclaim others back to
Godhead. They perform austerities for their own liberation. Yogis are also
engaged in self-aggrandizement by trying to attain mystic powers. But devo-
tees, Vaisnavas, who are servants of the Lord, come forward in the actual
field of work in Krsna consciousness to reclaim fallen souls. Only Krsna
conscious persons are eligible to enter into the spiritual world. That is
clearly stated in this verse and is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gita, wherein
the Lord says that there is no one dearer to Him than those who preach the
gospel of Bhagavad-gita to the world.

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TRAPAATITITTTAT: HRI

§antah samadrsah guddhah
sarva-bhiitanurafijanah

yanty afijasacyuta-padam
acyuta-priya-bandhavah

$antah—peaceful; samadrsah—equipoised; suddhah—cleansed, purified;
sarva—all; bhuta—living entities; anuraijanah— pleasing; yanti—go; afijasa—
easily; acyuta—of the Lord; padam—to the abode; acyuta-priya—with
devotees of the Lord; bandhavah—friends.

TRANSLATION

Persons who are peaceful, equipoised, cleansed and purified, and who
know the art of pleasing all other living entities, keep friendship only with
devotees of the Lord; they alone can very easily achieve the perfection of

going back home, back to Godhead.
PURPORT

The description of this verse fully indicates that only devotees are eligi-
ble to enter into the kingdom of Godhead. The first point stated is that
devotees are peaceful, for they have no demands for their personal sense
gratification. They are simply dedicated to the service of the Lord. Karmis
cannot be peaceful because they have immense demands for sense gratifica-
tion. As for jrianis, they cannot be peaceful because they are too busy try-
ing to attain liberation or merge into the existence of the Supreme.
