1138 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 25
material world, but attains My eternal abode, O Arjuna.” (Bg. 4.9)

Thus after attaining full Krsna consciousness, the devotee does not
return to this material world after death. He goes back home, back to
Godhead. That is the perfect stage of happiness, unblemished by any trace
of distress.

TEXT 5
wmnaTy
a arate mere He Hatehaet: |
afe & fas ard Fa get AA: 4 UI
rajovaca
na janami maha-bhaga
param karmapaviddha-dhih
bruhi me vimalam jnanam
yena mucyeya karmabhih

raja uvaca—the King replied; na—not; jandmi—I know; mahd-bhaga—O
great soul; param—transcendental ; karma—by fruitive activities ; apaviddha—
being pierced; dhih—my intelligence; briihi—please tell; me—to me;
vimalam—spotless; jndnam—knowledge; yena—by which; mucyeya—I can
get relief; karmabhih—from the fruitive activities.

TRANSLATION

The King replied: O great soul, Narada, my intelligence is entangled in
fruitive activities; therefore I do not know the ultimate goal of life. Kindly
instruct me in pure knowledge so that I can get out of the entanglement
of fruitive activities.

PURPORT
Sri Narottama dasa Thakura has sung:
sat-sanga chadi’ kainu asate vilasa
te-karane lagila ye karma-bandha-phaisa

As long as a person is entangled in fruitive activities, he is bound to
accept one body after another. This is called karma-bandha-phansa —
entanglement in fruitive activities. It does not matter whether one is
engaged in pious or impious activities, for both are causes for further
