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
sal sritet fara ated
wTA Ua haga ae att |
daa aed TY aah
Barcaaaas eer fa: Re
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
