Text 31] Mother Parvati Curses Citraketu 197

medium in both dreams and wakefulness, and everything created by the
mind in terms of sarikalpa and vikalpa, acceptance and rejection, is
called manodharma, or mental concoction.

TEXT 31

Traaa anata afngaeci
amawadtan a f apc TESaT

vasudeve bhagavati
bhaktim udvahatam nrnam
Jnana-vairdgya-viryanam

na hi kascid vyapasrayah

vasudeve—to Lord Vasudeva, Krsna; bhagavati—the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead; bhaktim—love and faith in devotional service; ud-
vahatam—for those who are carrying; nrndm—men; jnana-vairagya —
of real knowledge and detachment; viryanadm—possessing the powerful
strength; na—not; hi—indeed; kascit—anything; vyap@srayah—as in-
terest or shelter.

TRANSLATION

Persons engaged in devotional service to Lord Vasudeva, Krsna,
have naturally perfect knowledge and detachment from this ma-
terial world. Therefore such devotees are not interested in the so-
called happiness or so-called distress of this world.

PURPORT

Here is the distinction between a devotee and a philosopher who
speculates on the subject matter of transcendence. A devotee does not
need to cultivate knowledge to understand the falsity or temporary exis-
tence of this material world. Because of his unalloyed devotion to
Vasudeva, this knowledge and detachment are automatically manifested
in his person. As confirmed elsewhere in Srimad-Bhagavatam (1.2.7):

vasudeve bhagavati
bhakti-yogah prayoyitah
