Text 29] King Citraketu Meets the Lord 111

received this side benefit of his devotional service, which he rigidly per-
formed in accordance with the instructions of Narada.

TEXT 29
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tatah katipayahobhir
vidyayeddha-mano-gatih

Jagama deva-devasya
Sesasya carandantikam

tatah—thereafter; katipaya-ahobhih—within a few days; vidyaya —
by the spiritual mantra; iddha-manah-gatih—the course of his mind
being enlightened; jagama—went; deva-devasya—of the master of all
other lords or demigods; sesasya—Lord Sesa; carana-antikam—to the
shelter of the lotus feet.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, within a very few days, by the influence of the
mantra that Citraketu had practiced, his mind became increasingly
enlightened in spiritual progress, and he attained shelter at the
lotus feet of Anantadeva.

PURPORT

A devotee’s ultimate achievement is to take shelter of the lotus feet of
the Lord in any one of the planets in the spiritual sky. As a result of rigid
execution of devotional service, a devotee receives all material opulences
if these are required; otherwise, the devotee is not interested in material
opulences, nor does the Supreme Lord award them. When a devotee is
actually engaged in the devotional service of the Lord, his apparently
material opulences are not material; they are all spiritual. For example,
if a devotee spends money to construct a beautiful and costly temple, the
construction is not material but spiritual (nirbandhah krsna-sambandhe
yuktam vairégyam ucyate). A devotee’s mind is never diverted to the
