Text 9] Maharaja Prthu’s Going Back Home 983
yogam tenaiva purusam
abhajat purusarsabhah

sanat-kumarah—Sanat-kumara; bhagavan—most powerful; yat—that
which; aha—said; adhyatmikam—spiritual advancement of life; param—
ultimate; yogam—mysticism; tena—by that; eva—certainly; purusam—
Supreme Person; abhajat—worshiped; purusa-rsabhah—the best of the
human beings.

TRANSLATION

Thus the best amongst human beings, Maharaja Prthu, followed that
path of spiritual advancement which was advised by Sanat-kumara. That is
to say, he worshiped the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna.

PURPORT

In this verse it is clearly said that Maharaja Prthu, practicing the
pranayama-yoga system, engaged in the service of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead as advised by the saint Sanat-kumara. In this verse the words
purusam abhajat purusarsabhah are significant: purusarsabha refers to
Maharaja Prthu, the best amongst human beings, and purusam refers to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. The conclusion is that the best man
amongst all men engages in the service of the Supreme Person. One purusa
is worshipable, and the other purusa is the worshiper. When the purusa
who worships, the living entity, thinks of becoming one with the Supreme
Person, he simply becomes bewildered and falls into the darkness of ignor-
ance. As stated by Lord Krsna in Bhagavad-gita, all living entities assembled
in the battlefield, as well as Krsna Himself, were also present in the past as
individuals and would continue to be present in the future as individuals
also (Bg. 2.12). Therefore the two purusas, the living entity and the Su-
preme Personality of Godhead, never lose their respective identities.

Actually one who is self-realized engages himself in the service of the
Lord perpetually, both in this life and in the next. Indeed, for devotees
there is no difference between this life and the next. In this life a neophyte
devotee is trained to serve the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and in
the next life he approaches that Supreme Person in Vaikuntha and renders
the same devotional service. Even for the neophyte devotee, devotional
service is considered brahma-bhuyaya kalpate. Devotional service to the
Lord is never considered a material activity. Since he is acting on the
brahma-bhuta platform, a devotee is already liberated. He therefore has no
need to practice any other type of yoga in order to approach the brahma-
bhuta stage. If the devotee adheres’ strictly to the orders of the spiritual
