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worth having. There are different types of opulences on earth, in the
heavenly planets and even in the lower planetary system, known as
Patala. A devotee, however, knows that they are all material, and conse-
quently he is not at all interested in them. As stated in Bhagavad-gita,
param drstvd nivartate. Sometimes yogis and jrdnis voluntarily give up
all material opulences to practice their system of liberation and taste
spiritual bliss. However, they frequently fall down because artificial
renunciation of material opulences cannot endure. One must have a
superior taste in spiritual life; then he can give up material opulence.
Maharaja Priyavrata had already tasted spiritual bliss, and therefore he
had no interest in any of the material achievements available in the
lower, higher or middle planetary systems.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to the Fifth Canto, First Chapter,
of Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “The Activities of Maharaja
Priyavrata.”’
