Text 21] The Island of Jambiadvipa 253

“One who is thus transcendentally situated realizes the Supreme Brah-
man and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have any-
thing; he is equally disposed to every living entity. In that state he at-
tains pure devotional service unto Me.” Devotional service is actual
liberation. When one is attracted by the beauty of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead and his mind is always engaged at the Lord’s lotus
feet, he is no longer interested in subjects that do not help him in self-
realization. In other words, he loses all attraction for material activities.
In the Taittirtya Upanisad (2.7) it is said: esa hy evénandayati. yada hy
evaisa etasmin na drsye ‘natmye anirukte ’nilayane *bhayam pratistham
vindate ‘tha so *bhayam gato bhavati. A living entity becomes estab-
lished in spiritual, blissful life when he fully understands that his happi-
ness depends on spiritual self-realization, which is the basic principle of
Gnanda (bliss), and when he is eternally situated in the service of the
Lord, who has no other lord above Him.

TEXT 21

wea f& wt mata
Hal aaa Perae ThA

wTA Ua haga ae att |
an wed FT aah

Bacaaaias et a: uz2ll

etad eva hi devaé gayanti—
aho amisadm kim akari sobhanam
prasanna esdr svid uta svayam harih
yair janma labdham nrsu bharatajire
mukunda-sevaupayikam sprha hi nah

etat—this; eva—indeed; hi—certainly; devadh—all the demigods:
gayanti—chant; aho—oh; amisém—of these inhabitants of Bharata-
varsa; kim—what; aka@ri—was done; sobhanam—pious, beautiful av-
tivities; prasannah—pleased; esam—upon them; svit—or; uta—it is
said; svayam—personally; harih —the Supreme Personality of Godhead:
yaih—by whom; janma—birth; labdham—obtained; nrsu—in human
