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TEXT 27

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yatha vairanubandhena
martyas tan-mayatam iyat
na tatha bhakti-yogena
iti me niscita matih

yatha—as; vaira-anubandhena—by constant enmity; martyah—a
person; tat-mayatam—absorption in Him; iyat—may attain; na—not;
tathad—in a like manner; bhakti-yogena—by devotional service; iti—
thus; me—my; niscita—definite; matih—opinion.

TRANSLATION

Narada Muni continued: By devotional service one cannot
achieve such intense absorption in thought of the Supreme Per-
sonality of Godhead as one can through enmity toward Him. That
is my opinion.

PURPORT

Sriman Narada Muni, the topmost pure devotee, praises Krsna’s
enemies like Sigupala because their minds are always completely ab-
sorbed in Krsna. Indeed, he thinks himself deficient in the inspiration of
being feelingly absorbed in Krsna consciousness. This does not mean,
however, that the enemies of Krsna are more elevated than Krsna’s pure
devotees. In the Caitanya-caritamrta (Adi 5.205) Krsnadisa Kaviraja
Gosvami also thinks of himself in such a humble way:

Jagai madhai haite muni se pdpistha
purisera kita haite muni se laghistha

“‘T am a worse sinner than Jagai and Madhai and am even lower than the
worms in the stool.” A pure devotee always thinks himself more defi-
cient than everyone else. If a devotee approaches Srimati Radharani to
offer some service to Krsna, even Srimati Radharani thinks that the de-
votee is greater than She. Thus Narada Muni says that according to his
