Text 14] Narada Instructs the Pracetas 1573

the Supreme Lord is simply ignorance. The living entity is the marginal
potency of the Supreme Lord, although there is factually no difference
between the energy and the energetic. The duty of the living entity is to
understand his real identity. When he does, Krsna gives him all the facilities
to come to the platform of devotional service. That is the perfection of
life. This is indicated in the Vedic Upanisad:

yam evaisa urnute tena labhyas
tasyaisa dtma vivrnute taniirh svam

Lord Krsna confirms this in Bhagavad-gita:

tesam satata-yuktanam
bhajatarm priti-piirvakam

dadami buddhi-yogam tari
yena mam upayanti te

“To those who are constantly devoted and worship Me with love, I give
the understanding by which they can come to Me.” (Bg. 10.10) The con-
clusion is that one must come to the platform of bhakti-yoga, even though
one may begin with karma-yoga, jiidna-yoga or astanga-yoga. Unless one
comes to the platform of bhakti-yoga, self-realization or realization of the
Absolute Truth cannot be achieved.

TEXT 14

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Tata TACTASTAET (12 VII

yatha taror miila-nisecanena
trpyanti tat-skandha-bhujopasakhah
pranopaharac ca yathendriyanam
tathaiva sarvarhanam acyutejya

yatha—as; taroh—of a tree; mila—the root; nisecanena—by watering;
trpyanti—are _ satisfied; tat—its; skandha—trunk; bhuja—branches;
upasakhah—and twigs; prana—the life air; upaharat—by feeding; ca—
and; yatha—as; indriyanam-— of the senses; tathd eva—similarly; sarva—of all
