Text 22] Prthu Maharaja’s Meeting with the Four Kumaras 911

ment from the bodily concept of life and increased and steadfast attach-
ment for the Supreme Lord, who is transcendental and beyond the modes
of material nature.

PURPORT

Everyone in human society is engaged for the ultimate benefit of life,
but persons who are in the bodily conception cannot achieve the ultimate
goal, nor can they understand what it is. The ultimate goal of life is
described in Bhagavad-gita. Param drstva nivartate (Bg. 2.59). When one
finds out the supreme goal of life, he naturally becomes detached from the
bodily concept. Here in this verse the indication is that one has to stead-
fastly increase attachment for Transcendence (brahmani). As it is confirmed
in the Vedanta-sitra, athato brahma-jijnasa (Vs. 1.1.1): without inquiry
about the Supreme or the Transcendence, one cannot give up attachment
for this material world. By the evolutionary process in 8,400,000 species
of life, one cannot understand the ultimate goal of life because in all those
species of life. t11e bodily conception is very prominent. Athato brahma-
jyfiasa means that in order to get out of the bodily conception, one has to
increase attachment or inquiry aboul Brahman. Then he can be situated
in the transcendental devotional service—sravanam kirtanam visnoh. To
increase attachment for Brahman means to engage in devotional service.
Those who are attached to the impersonal form of Braliman cannot remain
allached for very long. Impersonalists, after rejecting this world as mithya
or false (jagan-mithya), come down again to this jagan-mithya, although
they take sannyasa to increase their attachment for Brahman. Similarly,
many yogis who are atlached to the localized aspect of Brahman as
Paramalma~great sages like Visvamitra—also fall down as victims of
women. Therefore increased attachment for the Supreme Personality of
Godhead is advised in all sastras. That is the only way of detachment from
material existence and is explained in Bhagavad-gita as param drstva
nivartate (Bg. 2.59). One can cease material activities when he actually has
the taste for devotional service. Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu also recom-
mended love of Godhead as the ultimate goal of life (prema pumartho
mahan). Without increasing love of Godhead, one cannol achieve the
perfectional stage or the transcendental position.

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