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different, the process of emancipation is almost the same. Both want
eternal happiness. One seeks happiness in impersonal Brahman, and the
other seeks happiness in the association of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. As described in the first verse: brahma-saukhyam. Brahman
means spiritual or eternal; both the impersonalist and the devotee seek
eternal blissful life. In any case, it is advised that one become perfect. In
the words of Caitanya-caritamrta (Madhya 22.87):
asat-saniga-tyaga, ——ei vaisnava-dcara
‘stri-sarigi’ —eka asddhu, ‘krsnabhakta’ dra
To remain unattached to the modes of material nature, one should avoid
associating with those who are asat, materialistic. There are two kinds of
materialists. One is attached to women and sense gratification, and the
other is simply a nondevotee. On the positive side is association with
mahatmas, and on the negative side is the avoidance of nondevotees and
women-hunters.
TEXT 3
a oa wit sadteca
aay SerATAATG |
Tey ATAU AAT
s
a1 itftaet maga Se U3
ye va mayise krta-sauhrdartha
Janesu dehambhara-vartikesu
grhesu jayatmaja-ratimatsu
na priti-yukta yavad-arthas ca loke
ye—those who; va—or; mayi—unto Me; ise—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; krta-sauhrda-arthah—very eager to develop love
(in a relationship of dasya, sakhya, vatsalya or madhurya): janesu—to
people; dehambhara-vartikesu—who are interested only in maintaining
the body, not in spiritual salvation; grhesu—to the home; jaya —wife;
atma-ja—children; rdti—wealth or friends; matsu—consisting of; na—
