Text 11] Maharaja Prthu’s Going Back Home 985

anyabhilasita-sunyam jnana-karmady-anavrtam
anukulyena krsnanusilanam bhaktir uttama

When one is not inspired by material desires and is not contaminated by
the processes of fruitive activity and empiric speculation, he fully engages
in the favorable service of the Lord. That is called bhagavad-dharma, or
pure devotional service. In this verse the word brahmani does not refer to
the impersonal Brahman. Impersonal Brahman is a subordinate feature of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead, and since impersonal Brahman
worshipers desire to merge into the Brahman effulgence, they cannot be
considered followers of bhagavad-dharma. After being baffled in his
material enjoyment, the impersonalist may desire to merge into the
existence of the Lord, but a pure devotee of the Lord has no such desire.
Therefore a pure devotee is really bhagavad-dharmi.

It is clear from this verse that Maharaja Prthu was never a worshiper
of the impersonal Brahman but was at all times a pure devotee of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead. Bhagavati brahmani refers to one who
is engaged in devotional service to the Personality of Godhead. A devotee’s
knowledge of the impersonal Brahman is automatically revealed, and he is
not interested in merging into the impersonal Brahman. Maharaja Prthu’s
activities in devotional service enabled him to become fixed and steady
in the discharge of devotional activities without having to take recourse
to karma, jnana or yoga.

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tasyanaya bhagavatah parikarma-suddha-
sattvatmanas tad-anusamsmarananupurtya

jianam viraktimad abhun nisitena yena
ciccheda samsaya-padam nija-jiva-k ogam

tasya—his; anaya—by this; bhagavatah—of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead; parikarma~activities in devotional service; suddha—pure,
transcendental; sattva—existence; atmanah—of the mind; tat—of the
Supreme Personality of Godhead; anusamsmarana—constantly remember-
ing; anupurtya—being perfectly done; jaanam—knowledge; virakti—non-
attachment; mat—possessing; abhut—became manifested; nisitena—by
